{"id":230640,"date":"2026-02-05T22:07:30","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T04:07:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/neuroscience-beyond-neurons-the-diverse-intelligence-era-michael-levin-robert-chis-ciure"},"modified":"2026-02-05T22:07:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T04:07:30","slug":"neuroscience-beyond-neurons-the-diverse-intelligence-era-michael-levin-robert-chis-ciure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/neuroscience-beyond-neurons-the-diverse-intelligence-era-michael-levin-robert-chis-ciure","title":{"rendered":"Neuroscience Beyond Neurons? The Diverse Intelligence Era | Michael Levin &amp; Robert Chis-Ciure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mu9Kv-o6iOI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>What if neurons aren\u2019t the foundation of mind?<\/p>\n<p>In this Mind-Body Solution Colloquia, Michael Levin and Robert Chis-Ciure challenge one of neuroscience\u2019s deepest assumptions: that cognition and intelligence are exclusive to brains and neurons.<\/p>\n<p>Drawing on cutting-edge work in bioelectricity, developmental biology, and philosophy of mind, this conversation explores how cells, tissues, and living systems exhibit goal-directed behavior, memory, and problem-solving \u2014 long before neurons ever appear.<\/p>\n<p>We explore:<br \/> \u2022 Cognition without neurons.<br \/> \u2022 Bioelectric networks as control systems.<br \/> \u2022 Memory and learning beyond synapses.<br \/> \u2022 Morphogenesis as collective intelligence.<br \/> \u2022 Implications for AI, consciousness, and ethics.<\/p>\n<p>This episode pushes neuroscience beyond the neuron, toward a deeper understanding of mind, life, and intelligence as continuous across scales.<\/p>\n<p>TIMESTAMPS:<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/neuroscience-beyond-neurons-the-diverse-intelligence-era-michael-levin-robert-chis-ciure\">Continue reading \u201cNeuroscience Beyond Neurons? The Diverse Intelligence Era | Michael Levin &amp; Robert Chis-Ciure\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What if neurons aren\u2019t the foundation of mind? In this Mind-Body Solution Colloquia, Michael Levin and Robert Chis-Ciure challenge one of neuroscience\u2019s deepest assumptions: that cognition and intelligence are exclusive to brains and neurons. Drawing on cutting-edge work in bioelectricity, developmental biology, and philosophy of mind, this conversation explores how cells, tissues, and living systems [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,30,47,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-230640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-ethics","category-neuroscience","category-robotics-ai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230640","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=230640"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230640\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}