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Brainwashed?

Psychiatrist Sally Satel and psychologist Scott O. Lilienfeld have produced Brainwashed: The seductive appeal of mindless neuroscience , which should be of interest to anyone who thinks the brain is not just a jelly. News writer Denyse O’Leary is co-author of The Spiritual Brain.

REFERENCE: The Smith Model, an architecture for cybernetics and mind-body/ free will/ determinism/ compatibilism analysis . . .

Since the issue of agent freedom and cause has again come up, it is worth the while to post the following summary on the Smith Model for agent cause and cybernetics, from the IOSE unit on minds etc: __________ >>(c) Of neurons, brains and minds   The neuron (in its various types) is the key building brick of brain and nervous tissues:   Neurons are interconnected in neural networks {added, Jun 4: cf. visualisation here}, and onward to form the brain and wider nervous system. As Christos Stergiou and Dimitrios Siganos summarise:   In the human brain, a typical neuron collects signals from others through a host of fine structures called dendrites. The neuron sends out spikes of electrical activity through Read More ›