Neurology

Benjamin Libet And His Consequential Experiment on Consciousness

Benjamin Libet's free-will demonstration Prologue Shockingly, many scientists question the existence of free-will. Some are convinced that we do not have free-will specifically because of Neuroscientist Benjamin Libet's pioneering work. But it isn't true. Free-will is, without a doubt, our homo sapien birthright. It is real. It...

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Thinking Primer

For thinking, I hypothesize that the brain is two parts. One is habit, the other is reason. A person moves between the two using their "Free Will." But in truth, "Free Will" is another apparently paradoxical thing: "free won't" (the denial of habit). In other...

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I created a character who is able to modify the electrical activity in his brain at will. What should this character do to virtually increase his intelligence?

I created a character who is able to modify the electrical activity in his brain at will. What should this character do to virtually increase his intelligence? I think intelligence can be improved several different ways. First, I created a block diagram for your question: Assumption: We mostly...

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How does the brain create reality?

How does the brain create reality? Through both our senses and interaction with reality. Simply: In concert with the focus of our conscious, our raw perceptions come together to construct neural networks. Using past experiences, the mind might also fill in (with the representations of other neural networks)...

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Why does human understanding of reality vary?

How is it that different people can possibly see the same world and have such differing ideas and beliefs about what they see? Our brains build the interpretation tools for understanding the world around us. The building begins very early in life; likely even in utero....

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