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Brain, bodily awareness, and the emergence of a conscious self: these entities and their relations are explored by Germanphilosopher and cognitive scientist Metzinger. Extensively working with neuroscientists he has come to the conclusion that, in fact, there is no such thing as a "self" -- that a "self" is simply the content of a model created by our brain - part of a virtual reality we create for ourselves. But if the self is not "real," he asks, why and how did it evolve? How does the brain construct the self? In a series of fascinating virtual reality experiments, Metzinger and his colleagues have attempted to create so-called "out-of-body experiences" in the lab, in order to explore these questions. As a philosopher, he offers a discussion of many of the latest results in robotics, neuroscience, dream and meditation research, and argues that the brain is much more powerful than we have ever imagined. He shows us, for example, that we now have the first machines that have developed an inner image of their own body -- and actually use this model to create intelligent behavior. In addition, studies exploring the connections between phantom limbs and the brain have shown us that even people born without arms or legs sometimes experience a sensation that they do in fact have limbs that are not there. Experiments like the "rubber-hand illusion" demonstrate how we can experience a fake hand as part of our self and even feel a sensation of touch on the phantom hand form the basis and testing ground for the idea that what we have called the "self" in the past is just the content of a transparent self-model in our brains. Now, as new ways of manipulating the conscious mind-brain appear on the scene, it will soon become possible to alter our subjective reality in an unprecedented manner. The cultural consequences of this, Metzinger claims, may be immense: we will need a new approach to ethics, and we will be forced to think about ourselves in a fundamentally new way. At

"We measured the direction of the body axis in 70 dogs of 37 breeds during defecation (1,893 observations) and urination (5,582 observations) over a two-year period. After complete sampling, we sorted the data according to the geomagnetic conditions prevailing during the respective sampling periods. Relative declination and intensity changes of the MF during the respective dog walks were calculated from daily magnetograms. Directional preferences of dogs under different MF conditions were analyzed and tested by means of circular statistics. Results Dogs preferred to excrete with the body being aligned along the North-south axis under calm MF conditions. This directional behavior was abolished under Unstable MF. The best predictor of the behavioral switch was the rate of change in declination, i.e., polar orientation of the MF. "

Stem cell research is one of the most fascinating areas of medical science. Mahendra Trivedi has done cancer research through his thoughts, i.e. Trivedi Effect.

E.P.Fischer. Kreative Anarchisten.Öffentlichkeitswirksamkeit der Wissenschaftler, Stellenwert,

"The British National Bibliography (BNB) records the publishing activity of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland and has been doing so since the 1950s. This has traditionally included printed works and has recently been extended to electronic publications. The dataset includes metadata about published books, already published and forthcoming, and serials i.e. journals, periodicals, magazines, newspapers, etc."

The global commercial UAV drones market is segmented into type such as fixed-wing drones, VTOL drones and others. Further, VTOL drones are sub-segmented into rotary blade drones, Nano drones and hybrid drones. Among these segments, fixed-wing drones are expected to grow at highest CAGR in overall global commercial UAV drones market during the forecast period. Factor such as, traditional farming techniques through drones is believed to impetus the growth of the fixed-wing drones segment over the forecast period. Global commercial UAV drones market is expected to flourish at a CAGR of 17.8% over the forecast period. Factor such as, rising awareness regarding the benefits of drones is anticipated to drive the growth of the global commercial UAV drones market over the forecast period. Moreover, rising security concern regarding safety is expected to increase the overall market of commercial UAV drones over the forecast period i.e. 2018-2027. Read More: http://www.researchnesterblog.com/global-commercial-uav-drones-market-anticipated-thrive-17-8-cagr-forecast-period-according-research-nester/

When you are planning to hire IT outsourcing service provider that time lots of questions in your mind. i.e. What is IT outsourcing? How to choose IT outsourcing service provider? Benefits of IT outsourcing? Best IT outsourcing service provider? This infographic will help you to choose right IT outsourcing solution provider and their benefits.

A big confusion in retailers mind. Which is the best online solution for business! SaaS (Software as a service) or custom eCommerce?

Is it better to customise your eCommerce platform or use SaaS (Software as a Service) for your retail business?

The Global Learning and Observation to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) program is a worldwide hands-on, primary and secondary school-based science and education program.

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A Massive open online course (MOOC) is a course where the participants are distributed and course materials also are dispersed across the web. This is possible only if the course is open, and works significantly better if the course is large. The course is not a gathering, but rather a way of connecting distributed instructors and learners across a common topic or field of discourse.[1] MOOCs are a more recent form of online course development --