Another interesting article, Robert - thankyou. It prompts me to open another subject for discussion - the strenuous exercise of concentrated mental activity...
Dear Brent, I asked this on more than a dozen topically well educated lists over the past 2 decades of discussing related topics and did not receive a...
Nature 455, 665-668 (2 October 2008) | doi:10.1038/nature07246; Received 10 February 2008; Accepted 4 July 2008; Published online 7 September 2008 Individual...
I would contest one point: many, if not most, of us (if we were to be truly honest with ourselves) are NOT "perfectly certain" what 'mind' means to us. Most...
Some responses: 2) I don't know that anyone can answer the question as written... it might be better to ask how much we have come across personally (I think I...
Scientific American Mind - October 22, 2008 Never Say Die: Why We Can't Imagine Death Why so many of us think our minds continue on after we die By Jesse...
Scientific American Mind - November 5, 2008 Five Ways Brain Scans Mislead Us Colorful scans have lulled us into an oversimplified conception of the brain as a...
Scientific American Mind - October 1, 2008 The Power of Words Executive Editor Mariette DiChristina introduces the October/November issue of Scientific...
Towards a General Theory of Neural Computation Based on Prediction by Single Neurons Christopher D. Fiorillo Department of Neurobiology, Stanford University,...
'Hub' Of Fear Memory Formation Identified In Brain Cells enlarge Scientists have found that a protein required for the earliest steps in embryonic development...
Practice Induces Function-Specific Changes in Brain Activity Tamar R. van Raalten 1,2, Nick F. Ramsey 1, Jeff Duyn 3, Johan M. Jansma 4 1 Rudolf Magnus...
Thanks for reply. "someone who isvirtually always deep in thought might be so habituated that thinking involves virtually no exertion... in much the same way...
Michael, could you give us an approximation of those 'uncertain' - 'vague' ideas? (beyond the meaningless generalities) John ... From: michael haaheim To:...
RKS, a gem indeed among all of your reported articles! Hit a nerve in my not-yet dead self. I strongly believe not in the not believable. JohnM ... From:...
Rat brains show robots the way a.. 01 October 2008 b.. From New Scientist Print Edition. Subscribe and get 4 free issues A car fitted with a navigation system...
Car or pedestrian -- How we can follow objects with our eyes When an object moves fast, we follow it with our eyes: our brain correspondingly calculates the...
When seeing IS believing New research published in the journal Science explains why individuals seek to find and impose order on an unruly world through...
Musicians use both sides of their brains more frequently than average people Supporting what many of us who are not musically talented have often felt, new...
Hi Robert, thanks for your reply. In what follows I'll split things up into three topics, going in order from the least significant to the most significant (at...
I'm sorry, but I just feel compelled to respond to this one. ... The brain is the physical counterpart to the non-physical mind. The mind IS a verb, a process,...
For instance: those who perceive mind as "what we think", "the sum of our thoughts"; etc. ... From: JohnM <jamikes@...> To: MindBrain@yahoogroups.com ...
In my #11839, addressed to yourself, Kelvin McQueen, I stated: "...the correct theory is (inevitably) mind-blowing -- in other words, the quantum gravitational...
Hi Robert, thanks for your reply. In what follows I'll split things up into three topics, going in order from the least significant to the most significant (at...
Otmar, I don't intend to be indelicate, but the comments you make below are seemingly unavailavle to public discourse. In other words, how/why is it others...
John, I think its just a matter of differences in semantics, or possibly one's native language. I never imagined the *sound* of clapping to be limited only to...
chris kramer wrote:> ... somehow interacts with the physical? Can I re-phrase that question? How do others accept any notion of a self that is not physical,...
Just to add my two cents... Hoping to clarify this issue of what is the "soul" or higher conscious mind -- and why there may be good reason to believe it might...
Calming your thoughts through mindfulness Our worries. They're crescendoing like the finale of Beethoven's "Ninth": Bailouts, buyouts. Recession, depression. ...
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