Neuroscience Overemphasizes the Brain

Psychology was not separate from philosophy until the late 1800s.

• During the 17th century, philosopher Rene Descartes introduced the idea of dualism - that the mind and body were two entities that interact to complete the human experience.
• While early philosophers relied on ...

The brain and gut have a strong, two-way communication system Each are essential to the other – studies have found that brain development is abnormal in the absence of the gut microbiome. Gut microbes can produce most of the neurotransmitters found in the human brain, including serotonin, which p...

Reasonable working hypothesis is that the mind is what the brain does.

What flows through your mind sculpts your brain. Thus, you can use your mind to change your brain for the better.

All that information is what we define broadly as the mind, most of which is forever outside your aw...