consciousness
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Mice Pass the ‘Mirror Test,’ Suggesting They Recognise Themselves
When you look in the mirror, what do you see? In all likelihood, you see a complex shape that you immediately recognize as yourself. Now, a team of researchers has found that mice appear capable of doing the same thing. That’s right: Mice may now join the small cadre of mammals that pass the so-called…
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Scientists Partially Revive Pig Organs an Hour After Death
A team of scientists say they’ve found a way to better preserve and even partially restore the function of cells throughout a pig’s body an hour after death. The technology, described in a paper published in Nature, is still far off from being tested with humans, but it could possibly help increase the supply of…
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Anaesthetised Monkeys Wake Up Instantly When Researchers Stimulate Brain Region Linked To Consciousness
By prodding a tiny brain region linked to consciousness, scientists caused anaesthetised monkeys to suddenly become awake and alert. This fascinating result is providing new clues about the brain and how it produces conscious awareness—insights that could potentially lead to therapies for patients trapped in a coma.
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Scientists See Human-Like Brain Waves In Lab-Grown Mini-Brains
One way that scientists can non-invasively study the human brain is by growing “mini-brains,” clusters of brain cells each about the size of a pea, in the lab. In a fascinating progression of this line of research, a team this week reports that they observed human-like brainwaves from these organoids.