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Our Brains May Have Pre-Configured Instructions to Understand the World When We're Born

Discover how brain organoids are helping us uncover whether early thought patterns emerge from experience or are hardwired ...

Examining why some species developed consciousness while others remained non-conscious

What is the evolutionary advantage of our consciousness? And what can we learn about this from observing birds? Researchers at Ruhr University Bochum published two articles on this topic.