[Skywalk]

I wonder though, will a lifetime of behaving a certain way affect the development and physical appearance of the brain.

Meaning, do our thoughts or patterns manifest themselves in the brain just as much as the brain creates those thoughts or patterns of conduct?

[DarkSavant]

Yes.

[HEY4QDEMS]

wonder though, will a lifetime of behaving a certain way affect the development and physical appearance of the brain

Valid point, it was once widely believed that brain cells could not be regrown once they died, we now know that that is not true.

One recent study tracked middle age people taken from their regular lifestyle and given jobs as taxi driver's in sprawling metropolis'.

They found that becoming familiar with traffic trends and honing their ability to read a map caused increased activity on different regions of the brain and resulted in cell growth.


I'm sure this study was done on well established liars, so it would be tough to know if the subject's lying is the cause of or the result of.

[scory]

I guess the divide is that materialists see all belief, thought, speech and action as created in the brain (with which they identify) while those who see humans as spiritual beings view the brain as a complex switchboard subject to modification by the operator.