Category: Mind Philosophy
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Brain for... walking!
Our brain could have evolved just for… walking. [1] A new theory proposes that our beloved organ, what we believe makes us unique, was created just for controlling movement. If this is true, then two possibilities exist: The other "high level" activities that constitute consciousness could just be a side-effect or... a result of something…
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Philosophy, brain function, probiotics...
UCLA researchers now have the first evidence that bacteria ingested in food can affect brain function in humans. In an early proof-of-concept study of healthy women, they found that women who regularly consumed beneficial bacteria known as probiotics through yogurt showed altered brain function, both while in a resting state and in response to an…
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My stroke of Insight: Connecting to the One!
An awesome talk by a neurologist who had a stroke. Look at it here. Random thoughts... Left brain: The "I". Serial processor Leans - Thinks linearly and methodically. It is about the past and the future. Take the collage of the present moment and think about details, categorize, associate the past, project into the future.…
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Psychiatry, biology, neurology, stupidity.
Just weeks before the long-awaited publication of a new edition of the so-called bible of mental disorders, the federal government’s most prominent psychiatric expert has said the book suffers from a scientific "lack of validity". The expert, Dr. Thomas R. Insel, director of the National Institute of Mental Health, said in an interview Monday that…
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Where is what we "see"?
People think what we see is in our brains. Like a small camera obscura. But Sheldrake reminds us of the obvious: What we see is not in our brains but we see it outside of it. A simple idea that could trigger a simple "huh?" by the haste reader. Think about it though: Even if…
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