Various theories for the neural basis of consciousness have been proposed, suggesting a
diversity of neural signs and mechanisms. We ask to what extent this diversity is real, or …

AI research is growing rapidly raising various ethical issues related to safety, risks, and other
effects widely discussed in the literature. We believe that in order to adequately address …

Unlike animal behavior, behavior in plants is traditionally assumed to be completely
determined either genetically or environmentally. Under this assumption, plants are usually …

What is animal welfare? Why has it proved so difficult to find a definition that everyone can
agree on? This concise and accessible guide is for anyone who is interested in animals and …

Understanding the human brain is a “Grand Challenge” for 21st century research.
Computational approaches enable large and complex datasets to be addressed efficiently …

This review provides an update on Neurorepresentationalism, a theoretical framework that
defines conscious experience as multimodal, situational survey and explains its neural basis …

Absence seizures are brief episodes of impaired consciousness, behavioral arrest, and
unresponsiveness, with yet-unknown neuronal mechanisms. Here we report that an awake …

Human cerebral organoids (HCOs) are an in vitro model of early neural development, aimed
at modelling and understanding brain development and neurological disorders. In just a few …

Whether animals have subjective experiences about the content of their sensory input, ie,
whether they are aware of stimuli, is a notoriously difficult question to answer. If …

Rodents are the most widely used species for scientific purposes. A critical pre-requisite of
their use, based on utilitarian ethical reasoning, is the provision of a humane death when …