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The Dissenter

#922 Stephen Grossberg - Conscious Mind, Resonant Brain: How Each Brain Makes a Mind

Apr 1, 2024
Dr. Stephen Grossberg discusses physics and psychology approaches to the brain, perception, visual illusions, emotion-cognition relationship, unified conscious awareness. Topics include bridging mind-body gap, visual illusions, transition from seeing to recognizing objects, emotion-cognition interplay, prefrontal cortex in decision-making, consciousness in mental disorders, irrational decisions, and the book 'Conscious Mind, Resonant Brain'.
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Quick takeaways

  • Brain functions studied through physics and psychology reveal brain complexity beyond traditional models.
  • Mind-body problem addressed through understanding brain evolution and cognitive behaviors for consciousness.

Deep dives

Understanding Brain Processes Through Physics and Psychology

Brain functions and the relationship between the brain and mind are examined through physics and psychology. Physicists in the late 1800s, such as Helmholtz, Maxwell, and Mach, contributed to psychology and neuroscience. They studied the structure of physical space and time, alongside analyzing psychological space and time. The observed world and the observer (us) gained attention then, converging psychological and physical analysis. Physics' limited models couldn't account for the brain's nonlinear, non-stationary, and non-local characteristics, unlike traditional linear, stationary, and local physics models.

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