{"id":191583,"date":"2024-06-21T18:28:40","date_gmt":"2024-06-21T23:28:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/06\/human-neuroscience-is-entering-a-new-era-it-mustnt-forget-its-human-dimension"},"modified":"2024-06-21T18:28:40","modified_gmt":"2024-06-21T23:28:40","slug":"human-neuroscience-is-entering-a-new-era-it-mustnt-forget-its-human-dimension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/06\/human-neuroscience-is-entering-a-new-era-it-mustnt-forget-its-human-dimension","title":{"rendered":"Human neuroscience is entering a new era \u2014 it mustn\u2019t forget its human dimension"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/human-neuroscience-is-entering-a-new-era-it-mustnt-forget-its-human-dimension2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>These technologies are helping researchers to explore what sets the human brain apart from those of other species, and how its cognitive abilities have evolved. For example, the role of non-invasive imaging in learning about cognitive abilities is discussed in a Perspective article by Feline Lindhout at the Medical Research Council\u2019s Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, UK, and her colleagues<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/d41586-024-02022-3#ref-CR1\">1<\/a><\/sup>. In another article, Evelina Fedorenko at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge and her colleagues also draw on this literature to argue that, in humans, language probably serves mainly as a communication tool rather than as a means for thinking or reasoning<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/d41586-024-02022-3#ref-CR2\">2<\/a><\/sup> \u2014 and that language is not a prerequisite for complex thought.<\/p>\n<p>One desirable outcome for human neuroscience would be to develop personalized treatments for neurological and psychiatric disorders, because translating the results of studies in animals has not proved successful or sufficient for generating effective therapies at scale. But in grasping these opportunities, researchers must keep in mind that the brain is different from other organs \u2014 it\u2019s the seat of people\u2019s memory, experiences and personality. When using the human brain \u2014 whether in small cubes removed during neurosurgery, or through 3D organoids made from stem cells and grown in cultures to resemble parts of the developing human brain \u2014 for research, scientists must consider the dignity and respect owed to the individuals concerned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These technologies are helping researchers to explore what sets the human brain apart from those of other species, and how its cognitive abilities have evolved. For example, the role of non-invasive imaging in learning about cognitive abilities is discussed in a Perspective article by Feline Lindhout at the Medical Research Council\u2019s Laboratory of Molecular Biology [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-191583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-neuroscience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=191583"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191583\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=191583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=191583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=191583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}