ABSTRACT: Self-preservation is embodied in our brain’s circuitry: we seek food when hungry, warmth when cold, and mates when lusty. In the evolution of the mammalian brain, circuitry for regulating one’s
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Reconstructing the locomotion of key vertebrate fossil specimens offers insights into their palaeobiology and helps to conceptualize major transitions in vertebrate evolution. A unique combination of an articulated nearly complete
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All animal ethical positions are largely in agreement that animals – as beings capable of suffering – must be morally considered for their own sake and that certain consequences for
Visual perception is shaped by the input from our physical environment and by expectations derived from our sensory experience with the visual world. But is what we see also influenced
Finding flexible tool use and manufacture in non-specialized animals, may contribute to our understanding of the origins of tool-related cognition. Goffin's cockatoos are Indonesian parrots that originate from a small
One of its most remarkable features of human intelligence is the mind's ability to discover and continuously refine its own algorithms. This enables people to discover clever heuristics for mastering
The 10th Winter School "Ethics of Neuroscience and AI" is taking place on March 8-12, 2021. It is organized by the BCCN Berlin/ICCN, the Berlin School of Mind and Brain,
When controlling action — e.g., hand movements — the brain typically relies on seen and felt posture information to represent 'its' body. It is thought that the brain combines these
A Brain Awareness Week event organized by Scholar Minds and in collaboration with Science of Intelligence and the Berlin School of Mind and Brain "We from Scholar Minds and in
A lab demonstration on optical illusions for Brain Awareness Week, organized by SCIoI + Active Perception and Cognition Lab (Martin Rolfs) "We from the active perception and cognition lab would
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