Brain Mind and Behavior: Defining the Mind

Take a look into our current understanding of the function of the human brain and some of the important diseases that cause nervous system dysfunction. On this edition, Dr. Sophia Vinogradov of the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center explores the mixing of visual perception, emotion, and memory and the interplay of the different functions of the brain. Series: "UCSF Mini Medical School for the Public" [10/2007] [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 13029]

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Education

Tags:

• brain
• neurology
• behavior

[1surefriend]

very good presentation. I sure learned a lot.

[Evilrolfharris]

@2009stickyfinger are you currently taking any medication?

[curesriches]

For possessive sticky Ritalin coke-heads the brain and the "mined" are often the same. In an effort for improved spirit WiFi brain internet service. We're not impressed with the dreams adjacent sleep.

[curesriches]

@2009stickyfinger A very sympathetic applause to your difficult efforts to expose the spiritual of tyranny.

[kantiannambo]

All I am trying to say is the technology (electrodes implanted) in me at the V.A has given rise to influence the use of my personal intelectual property with empirical data being retreived 24hrs a day .The mind and synaptic plasticity in the U.S. Veterans Brain is very personal the use of this Federal Equipment should be treated with( I am pretty meesed up from all the Remote sensing that has been deleivered to me) ..............................

[ManuHernz]

Defining mind, consciousness, spirit, soul, Transego, etc. is not that easy not even for Epistemologists. To be able to define mind and locate it in and out the brain we need to have a wider and deeper philosophical, scientific and epistemological background, due to mind for instance is part of the above aspects of the ALL from which we share and contain a bit. Then mind is not separated but related to all the other elements, not just to the physical brain. More to come... Greetings from Ecuador

[Spetsop]

@joseartigas

Indeed... but regardless of all that, the mind is still created by the activity of the brain. Does that mind still exist when the brain is no longer functioning? When you first learned to drive, did your mind reach outside the car right away or did it develop overtime? I understand what you're saying, but even then, you can't separate the two. Anything that will alter the function of the brain, will alter the mind (eg. drugs, trauma, meditation).

[joseartigas]

@Spetsop Not that I'm an expert but the brain is the organ, meanwhile the mind is the influence of the brain inside and outside your body. If you hold a stick in order to push somebody, then your mind reaches at the tip of the stick. If you drive a car and move the car around obstacles, your mind reaches to the outside of the car, otherwise you would crash all the time.

[Spetsop]

Wait, I don't understand why she is separating the 'brain' and the 'mind'? Is she a philosopher and thinks that the 'mind' exists outside the brain? Surely being in the position that she is in (i.e. the medica profession) she realizes that the 'mind' arises due to the function of the brain! Does an action potential exist somewhere outside the neuron or is it simply due to the activity of that neuron? So why would you separate the brain and the mind?

[2009stickyfinger]

The truth about a planet Earth!

Our planet (Earth) is a planet,who are controlling a people,wich were emmigrate us on planet!

They do not control just a people,they controling a whole planet!

This are doing with a last technology(who we do not now)with help of sun-with a sun light

they send and accept all informations!

On all living creatures they can prejudicing and with a same technology(with sun light),