Putting Brains On The Couch

But rather than being a fatal flaw, maybe it sheds light on the age-old conundrum of how brain gives rise to mind. One reason for the sometimes-odd pairings of illnesses and drugs is that many different brain states can produce the same mental symptoms, and many different symptoms can arise from the same brain state. Now replace “symptoms” with “mind.” The path from electrical firings to mind is less mechanical than neuroscience dogma suggests. The mind has not yielded all its mysteries quite yet.

With Jeneen Interlandi

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