Neuroscientist Discusses Whether Lab-Grown Brains Could Develop Consciousness

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As scientists continue making advances on lab-grown brains, one neuroscientist is naming the existential elephant in the room: can lab-grown brains ever truly be conscious?

Those tiny brain-esque structures eventually develop tissues similar to those in brains and begin emitting electrical signals.

But as the neuroscientist insists, it's a misnomer to refer to the organoids as "minibrains," as his fellow researchers often do.

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Author / Journalist: Noor Al-Sibai

Category: Technology

Markets: United States

Topics: Artificial brain Neoscope Neuroscience Neuroscience/Brain Science Lab-grown brain Consciousness

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Published On: 2024-07-23 @ 15:26:20 (13 hours ago)

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