Comments on: Where art thou soul? http://www.lumosity.com/blog/where-art-thou-soul/ Brain games, neuroscience news, and the best brain health information. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:06:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Michael Scanlon http://www.lumosity.com/blog/where-art-thou-soul/#comment-85 Michael Scanlon Mon, 02 Jul 2007 17:10:46 +0000 http://blog.lumosity.com/brain_health/06/where-art-thou-soul/#comment-85 Yeah, the applicability to chickens is left implicit: If their walking central pattern generator is 'on' when the head is cut off, the chicken will run around for a bit until it dies. I'll let you know if I find any additional interesting CPG links. Yeah, the applicability to chickens is left implicit: If their walking central pattern generator is ‘on’ when the head is cut off, the chicken will run around for a bit until it dies. I’ll let you know if I find any additional interesting CPG links.

]]> By: Peter Boughton http://www.lumosity.com/blog/where-art-thou-soul/#comment-84 Peter Boughton Mon, 02 Jul 2007 15:18:29 +0000 http://blog.lumosity.com/brain_health/06/where-art-thou-soul/#comment-84 How odd - the only bit of that mentioning chickens is the title - the rest is about cats and humans. (Though I presume the theory is the same.) Anyway, thanks that is interesting... and helps explain why people act like mindless drones in the town centre - because they /are/ mindless drones! Would like to find out more about CPGs - don't suppose you have any good links handy? How odd - the only bit of that mentioning chickens is the title - the rest is about cats and humans. (Though I presume the theory is the same.)

Anyway, thanks that is interesting… and helps explain why people act like mindless drones in the town centre - because they /are/ mindless drones!

Would like to find out more about CPGs - don’t suppose you have any good links handy?

]]> By: Michael Scanlon http://www.lumosity.com/blog/where-art-thou-soul/#comment-83 Michael Scanlon Sun, 01 Jul 2007 17:45:45 +0000 http://blog.lumosity.com/brain_health/06/where-art-thou-soul/#comment-83 Madam Fathom wrote a great explanation of "How a chicken can run around with its head cut off" here: <a href="http://madamfathom.blogspot.com/2007/02/why-chicken-can-run-around-with-its.html" rel="nofollow">http://madamfathom.blogspot.com/2007/02/why-chicken-can-run-around-with-its.html</a> Madam Fathom wrote a great explanation of “How a chicken can run around with its head cut off” here: http://madamfathom.blogspot.com/2007/02/why-chicken-can-run-around-with-its.html

]]> By: Peter Boughton http://www.lumosity.com/blog/where-art-thou-soul/#comment-82 Peter Boughton Sun, 01 Jul 2007 10:22:39 +0000 http://blog.lumosity.com/brain_health/06/where-art-thou-soul/#comment-82 So what's the deal with chickens still being able to move after having their heads cut off? So what’s the deal with chickens still being able to move after having their heads cut off?

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