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neurons, simply via the nature of their anatomy and physiology, were implementing the rules of logic.

Neurons in the striatum contribute to the production of behaviour by associating sensory inputs with actions or actions with other actions.

Discoveries in neuroscience have established convincingly the key role played by the hierarchical capabilities of the neocortex as well as offered evidence for the pattern recognition theory of mind (PRTM). This evidence is distributed among many observations and analyses, a portion of which I will review here. Canadian psychologist Donald O. Hebb

Consequently, from a neuroscientific understanding, mind is the brain in action.

policy makers and even

They suggest instead that, where the mind is concerned, we need a fundamental distinction of the subjective from the objective (roughly, an inside/private view of the mind versus an outside/public one). This distinction supports dualism, for which consciousness depends on the brain but isn’t identical with it. Dualism is opposed to materialism,

Clinicians and educators who work with embodied self-awareness often talk about “mind” and “body.” This is an oversimplification that leads to misconceptions: the “mind” is in the head and the “body” is below the neck. The problem is that the mind is part of the body and the body has a mind of its own in its peripheral nerve cells and receptors and

In subsequent work he was able to locate neurological damage to the part of their brains that create and control our sense of body image. This damage had occurred at birth, or very early on. This meant that the brain could create a body image in a perfectly healthy person that was highly irrational. It seemed as well that our sense of self is far

If the neocortex had a motto, it might be: Knowledge is for the mind.