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From the neuron to the self
Why do we have a brain?
Why the Cambrian?
Neurons
It’s Not (Only) About Size
Making Sense of the Senses
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Sources and further reading
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Suggested readings:
- Jean-Dominique Bauby, Lo scafandro e la farfalla, Ponte alle Grazie, 2007
- Anil Seth, Come il nostro cervello crea la nostra coscienza, Raffaello Cortina, 2023
Scientific articles:
- Wolpert et al., Why can’t you tickle yourself?, Neuroreport, 2000
- Lars Chittka e Jeremy Niven, Are big brains better?, Current Biology: Volume 19 R995-R1008, 2009
- Rohde et al., The Rubber Hand Illusion: Feeling of Ownership and Proprioceptive Drift Do Not Go Hand in Hand, Plos One: Volume 6 Issue 6, 2011
- Kalckert e Ehrsson, Moving a rubber hand that feels like your own: a dissociation of ownership and agency, Frontiers, Volume 6 Article 40, 2012
- Baron e Mourmourakis, The Relationship between Cognition and Brain Size or Neuron Number, Brain, Behavior and Evolution, Volume 99 Issue 2, 2024
Link:
- The real reason for brains – Daniel Wolpert
- First Animals – Cambrian ocean scene
- Giorgio Vallortigara | Capacità di sentire | festivalfilosofia 2024
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