Still Waters Posted July 10, 2013 #1 Share Posted July 10, 2013 Some memories just won't die — and some can even be transferred to a whole new brain. Researchers at Tufts University have determined that a small, yellow worm known as a planarian, which has long been studied for its regenerative properties, is able to grow back a lot more than just its body parts: after the worm's small, snake-like head and neck are removed, its body will even regrow a brain that's capable of quickly relearning its lost skills. http://www.theverge....er-decapitation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
questionmark Posted July 10, 2013 #2 Share Posted July 10, 2013 I guess all those with 2 functioning neurons can do the same... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GirlfromOz Posted July 11, 2013 #3 Share Posted July 11, 2013 (edited) How in God's realm is any being able to reproduce without the very neocortex that requires the very central nervous system's managing director that directs every function.I was willing to walk away from this but now,I want to ask many questions.! LOL If you were left without a body & you only had the head & brain,a brain & no body,how would you fair?Maybe we would have been given the answer that the cell/creature would be able to reproduce a new body.But now I am stumped! Edited July 11, 2013 by GirlfromOz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
questionmark Posted July 11, 2013 #4 Share Posted July 11, 2013 How in God's realm is any being able to reproduce without the very neocortex that requires the very central nervous system's managing director that directs every function.I was willing to walk away from this but now,I want to ask many questions.! LOL If you were left without a body & you only had the head & brain,a brain & no body,how would you fair?Maybe we would have been given the answer that the cell/creature would be able to reproduce a new body.But now I am stumped! Quite simple: there is not much to reproduce: As I said, two neurons. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight Of Shadows Posted July 11, 2013 #5 Share Posted July 11, 2013 lol i read it " women " regrow their decapitated heads i must have fasted longer than i should 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino666 Posted July 11, 2013 #6 Share Posted July 11, 2013 Thank god people can't do this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Red Devil Posted July 11, 2013 #7 Share Posted July 11, 2013 This can happen when you don't have much of a brain. The rest of the body can function without it. I'm sure many humans could reproduce something similar.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pallidin Posted July 11, 2013 #8 Share Posted July 11, 2013 Wow, I've heard of, say, tail or limb regeneration, but it's brain? Amazing. But, just how could it do that without at least a partial brain to guide the regeneration? Seems weird. Maybe in some simple creatures the "brain" is not fully localized in the head, but distributed in the rest of the body. Heck. I don't know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight Of Shadows Posted July 12, 2013 #9 Share Posted July 12, 2013 Wow, I've heard of, say, tail or limb regeneration, but it's brain? Amazing. But, just how could it do that without at least a partial brain to guide the regeneration? Seems weird. Maybe in some simple creatures the "brain" is not fully localized in the head, but distributed in the rest of the body. Heck. I don't know. cockroaches can live without heads for 9 days and when they die it's because of thirst bugs are just weird Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nameless One Posted July 13, 2013 #10 Share Posted July 13, 2013 Reminds me of cryogenics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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