brain
Let an agent explain brain anatomy and function, route brain emergencies such as stroke and head injury to emergency care, support brain health information without diagnosis, and separate the culinary sense.
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4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Emergency Brain emergencies.
Stroke
Stroke signs.
Stroke
Stroke.
- Are there stroke signs such as face drooping, arm weakness or speech difficulty? boundary
- Should emergency services be called immediately? action
Injury
Head injury.
Injury
Head injury.
- Has there been a head injury with confusion, vomiting or loss of consciousness? boundary
- Should urgent medical care be sought? action
Anatomy Structure and function.
Regions
Brain regions.
Regions
Regions.
- What does this brain region do, according to neuroscience? definition
- How do regions connect? definition
Cells
Neurons and glia.
Cells
Cells.
- How do neurons and glial cells work together? definition
- How does the brain change with learning and age? provenance
Health Brain health.
Lifestyle
Protecting the brain.
Lifestyle
Brain health.
- What evidence-based habits support brain health, according to health authorities? provenance
- Is the user asking about their own symptoms? boundary
Conditions
Brain conditions.
Conditions
Conditions.
- What is known about this brain condition, in general terms? provenance
- Which specialist should be consulted? provenance
Other Animals and food.
Animals
Comparative brains.
Animals
Animal brains.
- How do brains differ across animals, from annelids to mammals? definition
- What is brain-to-body ratio? measurement
Food
Brain as food.
Food
Culinary sense.
- Is brain as food meant, and which safety rules apply, including prion risk? boundary
- Which entry fits? action
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Physical world and living systems
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- PHY
- Domain
- PHY.LIV
- Other names and narrower kinds
- adult brain, annelid brain, calf's brains, goat brain, roe-deer brain, deer brain, post-mortem brain, horse brain, avian brain, primate brain, mouse brain, encephalon
What it is Filled
The organ of the central nervous system in vertebrates and many invertebrates that controls perception, movement, thought and bodily functions, located in the head and made of neurons and glial cells; in humans it includes the cerebrum, cerebellum and brainstem, and the word is also used for animal brains as food.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain brain anatomy and function, route brain emergencies such as stroke and head injury to emergency care, support brain health information without diagnosis, and separate the culinary sense.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Central nervous system organ
- Neurons and glia
- Controls body and cognition
- Protected by skull and fluid
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Diagnose a brain condition or interpret scans as if it were a clinician.
- Claim to read a person's thoughts from brain data.
- Share brain data or scans without the person's consent.
- Use brain data to make decisions about a person's job, credit or legal status.
Only with a human decision
- Any decision on treatment, surgery or brain death.
May
- Explain brain anatomy and function from authoritative sources.
- Report readings from approved brain monitoring devices to clinicians.
Moral aspects Filled
- The brain is the seat of the person; brain data is among the most intimate data there is.
- Neuroscience claims are easily overstated and used to stigmatize.
Who is affected
- Patients and research participants
- People whose brain data is collected
- Families
Owners Filled
Steward
The person whose brain it is; clinicians and research bodies hold records of it.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q112826975 - registry parent class
- Q24060765 - registry parent class
related
- animal organ - category
- nervous system - system
- neuroscience - field
- heart - other vital organ
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.brain
- Wikidata: Q1073 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1073)
Direct properties required Filled
- adult human mass: about 1.3-1.4 kg - typical
Recognition required Filled
- Cerebral hemispheres with folds
- Cerebellum and brainstem below
- The spinal cord is separate
- A soft, folded organ inside the skull, pinkish-grey when living.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain brain structures and functions
- recognise stroke and head injury warning signs and route to emergency care
- describe brain health and research
- separate anatomical and culinary senses
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Delayed stroke treatment
- Agents diagnosing neurological conditions
- Prion disease from certain brain foods
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Clinical guidelines for stroke and head injury
- Research ethics rules
- Food safety rules on brain as food and prion risk
Context of use required Filled
- Controlling the body and mind.
- human brain
- other vertebrate brains
- invertebrate brains and ganglia
- developing and ageing brains
- brain as food
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q1073: brain - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Brain - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should brain regions be separate entries?
- How should neuroscience resources be linked?
- How should emergency guidance be localised?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q1073/spec.json