Are zombies smart?

To some extent, the zombies in DOOM (created by demonic spells) are intelligent. In the Italian horror film Zombi 3, people infected with the zombie virus posses the ability to speak and retain some of their old personality, but they become psychotic and crave human flesh.

Do zombies think?

Zombies can walk, think (in some cases), and attack living persons. Most zombies eat the brains of living humans. In zombies, the heart, lungs, and a small part of their brain still work. They may react to their environment, but they do not have consciousness.

Who created the zombie apocalypse?

George Romero

What zombies can teach us about brains?

What Zombies Can Teach Us About Braaain Science

Zombie Stagger: The cerebellum and basal ganglia, the areas of the brain that regulate balance and fluid motion, could be responsible for the zombies’ clumsiness, Schlozman said.
Zombie Appetite: Look no further than the brain’s ventromedial hypothalamus to understand the zombies’ insatiable appetite, he said.

What happens to a zombies brain?

The brain’s frontal lobes, responsible for problem-solving, are devoured by the virus, so zombies can’t make complex decisions. Impairment in the cerebellum means they can’t walk well, either. Also, these humanoids have an unexplained predilection for eating human flesh.

What is a psychological zombie?

A philosophical zombie or p-zombie argument is a thought experiment in philosophy of mind that imagines a hypothetical being that is physically identical to and indistinguishable from a normal person but does not have conscious experience, qualia, or sentience.

Why are zombies logically possible?

The laws of nature in the actual world include laws linking physical states to states of consciousness and, it may be, laws linking states of consciousness to certain physical states. In the logically possible world where the zombies live, these laws are broken (by hypothesis), but the physical laws are left unchanged.

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