Western medicine needs to study the mind-body connection more. The year was 1932, and M...
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Mind-body connection
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Product of the brain
Even laughter, with all of its cultural associations, is the product of specialized net...
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The human brain
The human brain has an innate propensity for spiritual experiences. Not all neurologica...
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Neurological delusions
Many delusions are neurological, rather than psychological, in origin. Mrs. Dodd had gr...
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Perception
Perception involves many different processes – and not all of them are conscious. When ...
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Phantom limb syndrome
Phantom limb syndrome is caused by a misalignment between our internal body image and t...
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Phantoms in the brain
Neurological disorders offer insight into the functions of each part of the brain. Let’...
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Somatic marker hypothesis
The somatic marker hypothesis can explain the role of emotions in practical reasoning. ...
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The secret of practical reasoning
Elliot’s story provides one final clue to the secret of practical reasoning. We’re now ...
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Secondary emotions
Secondary emotions are acquired over time, and depend on the VPC. Now imagine you come ...
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People?with?VPC?damage?can?still?experience?primary?emotions.
After suffering damage to his VPC, Elliot’s emotional life was severely diminished – bu...
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How emotions work
Our emotions provide our brains with important information and guidance. At first glanc...
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Elliot’s behaviour
Further observations of Elliot’s behavior led the author to a surprising revelation. As...
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Brain damaging
There’s more to practical reasoning than just the VPC. Let’s sum up what we’ve learned ...
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Phineas Gage’s story
Gage’s story suggests that the ventromedial prefrontal cortex plays an important role i...
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Brain damage
The story of Phineas Gage provides a dramatic example of how brain damage can provide u...
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Descartes’ Error
We can understand the functions of the brain’s different parts by observing the consequ...
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Resist interference
You too can resist interference from digital devices while socializing. If you ever pop...
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Cognitive-control improvements
A few hacks will reduce interference while driving. Cognitive-control improvements can ...