Science Of The Soul
Summary
Is there something that survives the body? Is there something beyond the physical? Adrian Owen is one of the world’s neuroscientist, he works with people who are in vegetative states. Until recently, neuroscientists were only able to study the brains of the dead. But in the past twenty years, technological advances have allowed scientists to study the brains of the living.
Owen works at the MRC Cognition Brain Science Unit at Cambridge. He has done brain mapping studies for twenty years to understand what portions of the brain were involved in each task performed. Humans are defined by their external behaviors, but scientists such as Owens believe they can reduce an individual’s essence to his or her brain.
Keywords: Adrian Owen, souls, robotics, artificial intelligence, neurobiology, psychology
