For many years, neuroscientists believed that the “headquarters” of human self-awareness were located in a portion of the brain called the insula, which allows us to realize the things that go on inside the body. For just as many years, this explanation had sufficed, and experts moved onwards with their r... |
3 November 2009
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A new scientific study evidenced the fact that the average farm pig could learn to find food with the help of mirror reflections in less than five hours. As this ability pigs had had been proven, experts added it to the small number of species who could recognize themselves in the mirror, which included dolphins, som... |
9 October 2009
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The thing that makes us human is our self-awareness and the fact that we are able to identify our present selves with our “old” ones. This means that every action we have carried out since we were born is part of who we are and also shapes our future development, even if some of us are ashamed to admit it... |
21 March 2009
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Some people say that magazines featuring supermodels cause feelings of insecurity in most women buying them. They try to change their appearances so that they would closely resemble their idols. However, no one would have guessed that the same thing applied to men. Don't get the wrong idea, they don't want ... |
7 November 2008
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During several years of development, robots have been taught to do many things, but recently a lot more attention was focused on their mimicking the human appearance, movement, feelings and reason in order to ensure people's better social acceptance. In this respect, a robot able of self-analysis and self-adapta... |
1 October 2008
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A recent study added another member to the list of the creatures that prove self-awareness capabilities besides humans, dolphins, apes and magpies. It's the elephant, which has been proven to be able to recognize its own face in the mirror.Only seven years ago, everybody was absolutely convinced that the self-aw... |
30 September 2008
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