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How Are The Mind & The Brain Different? A Neuroscientist Explains
mindbodygreen.com ^ | March 8, 2021 | Caroline Leaf, Communication Pathologist and Neuroscientist

Posted on 09/21/2023 3:52:12 AM PDT by RoosterRedux

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To: RoosterRedux
The mind uses the brain, and the brain responds to the mind. The mind also changes the brain. People choose their actions—their brains do not force them to do anything. Yes, there would be no conscious experience without the brain, but experience cannot be reduced to the brain's actions.

The brain is the hardware; the mind is the OS?

61 posted on 09/21/2023 10:20:20 AM PDT by daniel1212 (As a damned+destitute sinner turn 2 the Lord Jesus who saves souls on His acct + b baptized 2 obey H)
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The brain is the hardware; the mind is the OS? <\i>

…kinda-sorta…

…maybe the programs, applications = feelings/moods/individual thoughts, etc🤣…

62 posted on 09/21/2023 11:23:03 AM PDT by cyberaxe (....Uuuummpphhhh.....)
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[I pinged Freeper "tired&retired" to my response because he has a lot of experience in this matter]

I think it's possible that the "mind" is our very consciousness--it is who we are.

The brain appears to be a kind of adaptor mechanism that our consciousness needs to connect with this reality or dimension roughly the way a remote-controlled DaVinci surgical robot enables a surgeon to operate telescopically on a patient though the patient and surgeon are in different parts of the country.

The soul/mind is attached to the body through or near the brain but it's probably not even in the same physical dimension as the brain and body.

As some people who have had near-death experiences have said, the brain actually limits the mind in a way. But without these limitations, we would not be able to connect with this world.

63 posted on 09/21/2023 11:26:26 AM PDT by RoosterRedux (A person who seeks the truth with a strong bias will never find it. He will only confirm his bias.)
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To: daniel1212
I have heard some people say that the brain/body is to the mind like a diving suit that one needs to explore the ocean floor at depth.

The suit is very limiting and restrictive...but necessary.

As Paul says, "Absent from the body...present with the Lord. (2 Cor. 5:8)

64 posted on 09/21/2023 11:34:16 AM PDT by RoosterRedux (A person who seeks the truth with a strong bias will never find it. He will only confirm his bias.)
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How Are The Mind & The Brain Different? A Neuroscientist Explains

Sounds like a bunch of semantics Mumbo-Jumbo, but hey, some guy probably got a government grant (paid for by you and me) to write it.

65 posted on 09/21/2023 12:02:56 PM PDT by The Sons of Liberty (Biden Crime Family and Dem Party - Two Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of the CCP.)
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To: cyberaxe
…Body-Mind-Spirit(soul)…

…is something that’s always just made sense to me…

…on this earth we are a combination of all three…

…one day we will not have use of the first two…

…the last one is eternal…

…always looked at dreams, visions and near death experiences…

…as the user(#3 soul) taking a break from the first two for a bit…

…kinda gettin up and stretching the legs…

…can still see the monitor, but not being able to reach the keyboard…

66 posted on 09/21/2023 12:09:47 PM PDT by cyberaxe (....Uuuummpphhhh.....)
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To: RoosterRedux

Pretty good description..

The human soul is very large. About 30 ft in diameter at its smallest point.

Earliest life memories are stored furthest from the physical body. Current memories are stored close to the body.

The soul provides the consciousness for life to exist. It is the epigenetic influence that causes the zygote to form and for the stem cells to specialize.

The soul manifests the physical body, and continues to exist when the body is gone.

The Bible is very accurate in teaching what is necessary for the soul to grow.(Jesus’s teachings)

The entire physical body exists within the soul. It connects everywhere, but there are certain places with stronger connections. The braun, the spine, the gut (Vagus nerves), and the brain.

The most important connection is in the heart and its the reason the heart will continue beating for several minutes after removal from the body.(some beat for 30+ minutes, totally disconnected from the body.

The heart is also the location where two souls connect to become one in the eyes of God, per Paul’s statements. It also the reason for the heartache in grief when a loved one dies and departs the heart connection.


67 posted on 09/21/2023 12:37:39 PM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings )
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Life in the body begins at conception when the soul enters. Without the soul, there would be no life.


68 posted on 09/21/2023 12:39:10 PM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings )
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To: RoosterRedux

bump


69 posted on 09/21/2023 1:15:33 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (Either ‘the Deep State destroys America, or we destroy the Deep State.’ --Donald Trump)
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To: The Sons of Liberty

How do you explains Democrats?

They are out of their minds and their brains are shoved far up their asses that they are non-functional.


70 posted on 09/21/2023 10:48:48 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper (Figures )
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To: cyberaxe

Very apt analogy; I’ve a similar analogue thusly: we all have a God-shaped hole in our being and if it is not filled by its rightful Occupant, the Holy Spirit, something unholy will take His place.


71 posted on 09/22/2023 2:05:27 PM PDT by Ban Draoi Marbh Draoi ( Gen. 12:3: a warning to all antisemites)
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To: RoosterRedux

Tuesday bump


72 posted on 09/26/2023 10:12:26 AM PDT by Albion Wilde (Either ‘the Deep State destroys America, or we destroy the Deep State.’ --Donald Trump)
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