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My proposal of a scientific theory of Sentience - to be called Sentiomics - gives a systemic explanation of this phenomenon. The cold sensation is not a reflex of the physiological state of the...
23 May 2021 2,675 25 View
Now is the time to begin thinking of biomarkers of sentience and consciousness. The desiderata of a biomarker are: "The ideal biomarker would be – Perfectly correlated with the clinical endpoint...
23 September 2020 7,593 100 View
The most difficult scientific advances become possible when you ask the right question. In the case of COVID-19, I understand that the right question is: why do some people become seriously...
02 April 2020 2,089 61 View
Plato, while criticizing his opponents, classically defined their concept of knowledge as "true justified belief". The cognitive belief is the belief in a proposition. Is it different from the...
17 February 2016 1,552 90 View
More precisely, "what is the origin of the regularities in nature which are represented (or purported to be represented) in our various recognized or accepted laws and principles regarding nature...
04 January 2016 7,735 98 View
In a 2005 book - now posted in Research Gate (see the link below) - the authors (led by Dr. Armando Freitas da Rocha) proposed an original model of quantum computing in the brain carried by...
12 August 2014 5,361 71 View
Kauffman (2010, see the link below) refers to a "poised realm" where quantum coherent states resume some of their characteristics at the macro level. Recently, the concept of recoherence has...
11 August 2014 2,654 71 View
The Hard Problem of Consciousness is based on the assumption that conscious contents are composed of subjective qualities experienced in the first-person perspective. The problem consists of...
18 July 2014 392 100 View
The role of astroglia in brain function has been well studied since the use of fluorescence microscopy (in vitro and in vivo two-photon imaging) began in the 1990's. Verkhratsky and Needergaard...
31 August 2013 2,072 37 View
This month the Baltimore Declaration (1) appeared, claiming that "We must be alert to any possibility that organoids could develop forms or aspects of consciousness and mitigate and safeguard...
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