If so, how do we know where to draw the line between human and non-human?
Although I understand that the question invites highly opinionated discussion, I invite all to give concrete answers, preferably with reference to scholarly literature.
The rate of glucose consumption by the neocortex is reduced by over 80% during anesthesia (Sibson et al. 1998), which disables the synapses (Richards 2002) that are inundated by glial tissue (Engl...
08 August 2024 3,118 0 View
Evolutionary fitness is based on an organism’s ability to adapt rapidly to changing environmental circumstances. Large-bodied mammals have been equipped with large brains (and hence a high...
06 August 2024 4,849 2 View
There are a huge number of methods for studying objects in space, according to the senses (and not only). Mechanical, thermal, optical, acoustic, electrical, magnetic, based on particle beams,...
06 August 2024 7,102 0 View
Larger brains, which typically contain more neurons, store and transfer more information (Tehovnik and Chen 2015), but the precise relationship between number of neurons and information has yet to...
05 August 2024 1,238 2 View
Brain and body mass together are positively correlated with lifespan (Hofman 1993). The duration of neural development is one of the best predictors of brain size, and conception is the best...
05 August 2024 6,247 3 View
Hi everyone, If you have written or come across any papers where Generalised Linear Mixed Models are used to examine intervention (e.g., in mental health) efficacy, could you please share the...
04 August 2024 4,130 4 View
I am conducting a qualitative study that uses interviews to investigate the perceptions of teachers about a particular leadership practice and I am focusing on 3 schools which have a total number...
01 August 2024 8,457 10 View
Is the peer-reviewed publication "MedieKultur: Journal of Media and Communication Research" (ISSN Online: 1901-9726, ISSN Print: 0900-9671) a legitimate and credible scholarly journal in the field...
01 August 2024 629 3 View
I attended a lecture at the Baylor College of Medicine (~ 2019) where one of the questions was “Does birdsong have anything to do with human language?” Noam Chomsky would say, “Absolutely not!”...
31 July 2024 1,706 4 View
Religions advocate for good morals such as honesty, justice, and compassion, but they differ in some details regarding how to translate ethical ideas into good behavior in society. If we consider...
30 July 2024 4,123 4 View