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Denyse O'Leary
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November 7, 2021
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At Mind Matters News: 2. Neurosurgeon and neuropsychologist agree: Brain is not mind

Denyse O'Leary
November 7, 2021
Intelligent Design, Mind, Neuroscience
Egnor saw patients who didn’t have most of their frontal lobes who were completely conscious, “in fact, rather pleasant, bright people.” Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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November 6, 2021
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At Mind Matters News: The brain stem, not the prefrontal cortex, may be the seat of consciousness

Denyse O'Leary
November 6, 2021
Intelligent Design, Mind, Neuroscience
Neuropsychologist Mark Solms: a lot of evidence, suggests that the source of consciousness in the brain is in fact in the brain stem, which is a much more ancient, much more primitive structure that we share, not only with all other primates and all other mammals, but in fact, with all vertebrates. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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October 20, 2021
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At Mind Matters News: What can mapping the whole brain tell us about ourselves ?

Denyse O'Leary
October 20, 2021
Intelligent Design, Mind, Neuroscience
Researchers attempting to map the brain must contend with massive complexity at every level, as a report in Nature shows. The proposed whole brain map will shed light on many of these situations. If it doesn’t shed light on some of them, we are probably looking at a new frontier. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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October 15, 2021
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Informatics, Intelligent Design, Mind, Neuroscience
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At Mind Matters News: GWT: A leading consciousness theory depends on information theory

Denyse O'Leary
October 15, 2021
Informatics, Intelligent Design, Mind, Neuroscience
If information flow in the brain is “largely unconstrained” by anatomical wiring, it’s easy to understand why we sense that we have “minds” apart from our brains. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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August 30, 2021
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At Mind Matters News: A neuroscience theory that actually helps explain the brain

Denyse O'Leary
August 30, 2021
Intelligent Design, Mind, Neuroscience
Epstein's theory is that that the brain is a type of transducer, that is, a device or an organ that converts one signal to another signal, commonly from one medium to another. A microphone, for example, is a transducer that converts sound waves to electrical current. Your eye is a transducer that converts light to vision. So the brain converts thoughts to material effects. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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August 29, 2021
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Academic Freedom, Intelligent Design, Mind, Naturalism, Neuroscience
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At Mind Matters News: Non-materialist science is wanted — dead or alive

Denyse O'Leary
August 29, 2021
Academic Freedom, Intelligent Design, Mind, Naturalism, Neuroscience
Michael Egnor: I’ve gotten calls to my department in my university demanding that I be fired. That’s a fairly frequent thing. I was called a couple of years ago by the campus police that there was a death threat against me and they wanted to protect me. So this kind of stuff goes on. And some of these people are vicious. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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August 24, 2021
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Animal minds, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience, stasis
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At Mind Matters News: Do brains really evolve? The horseshoe crab’s brain didn’t

Denyse O'Leary
August 24, 2021
Animal minds, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience, stasis
At Science News: "The preserved central nervous system lends insight into the ancient crab’s behavior, the researchers say. Because the fossil brain is so similar to the brains of modern horseshoe crabs, Bicknell says, it’s safe to say the ancient animal’s walking, breathing and even feeding habits were probably similar to horseshoe crabs’ today, including eating with their legs. " Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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August 20, 2021
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At Mind Matters News: Defending the mind’s reality at a materialist cocktail party

Denyse O'Leary
August 20, 2021
Animal minds, Intelligent Design, Mind, Neuroscience
What to say when you find yourself among self-assured elite sloganeers. The actual history of neuroscience in the last century has not been kind to materialist assertions and assumptions. Read More ›