Edward J Tehovnik

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How many layers of automaticity by robots should be tolerated?

The Phalanx CIWS is a computer-controlled cannon system. This system, which is deployed on many American warships, is designed at the flick of a switch to detect, track, engage, and confirm kills...

01 January 2018 9,266 4 View

Was the airplane indeed invented by Alberto Santos-Dumont?

PIAUÍ, June Issue, volume 93, 2014: O Voo de Nicolelis, O Pioneirismo do Exoesqueleto Que Será Apresentado na Abertura da Abertura da Copa Está em Questão. By Stefano Pupe A Translation from...

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Can ‘critical thinking’ be taught in neuroscience?

Ali S, Lifshitz M and Raz A (2014) Empirical neuroenchantment: from reading minds to thinking critically. Front. Hum. Neurosci. 8:357. doi:10.3389/fnhum.2014.00357: While most experts agree on...

05 May 2014 6,294 1 View

Does electrical stimulation of the spinal cord restore motor function to Parkinsonian animals?

PubPeer commentary on ‘Spinal cord stimulation restores locomotion in animal models of Parkinson's disease’ by Romulo Fuentes, Per Petersson, William B Siesser, Marc G Caron, Miguel A L Nicolelis,...

03 March 2014 2,104 4 View

Could the brain of an ant be used to control a robotic device?

If you have ever observed an ant moving about it is a remarkable thing to see. Their exoskeletons move at the speed of light. They can push objects around many times their size. And never tempt...

03 March 2014 4,885 6 View

Are the brain-to-brain communication experiments of Pais-Vieira et al. (2013) valid?

Brain-to-brain transfer of information has been illustrated between a pair of rats (Pais-Vieira et al. 2013). We evaluate the scientific validity of this study. First, the rats receiving the...

02 February 2014 7,674 8 View

Are big science and fabrication of data related?

The late Doreen Kimura, a renowned Canadian neuropsychologist, declared that "...you [the individual] just have to go ahead and find things out for yourself. This is the mark of a good...

01 January 2014 6,607 14 View

Should Science and Nature have the last word on scientific issues?

Clearly, neuroscience is in trouble given some of the flawed experiments being published in high-profile journals such as Science and Nature (e.g. see recent scandal of Shigeaki Kato of the...

01 January 2014 7,649 7 View