This is all very scientific and I bow to your knowledge of physical anatomy. Although there may be some chemical process that stimulates emotions, I will continue to revel in the simple joy of the spirit and place such far beyond the ranks of a material entity.
I presume that mood-altering drugs were developed by chemists to treat depression etc, and that studying the effect of natural chemical reactions in the body aided with this work. However, how does this account for premonition, inspiration and other such activity? Try to keep it in laymans terms since I haven't read every medical journal ever written, as it seems you have ;-] On Aug 11, 10:51 am, Ian Pollard <[email protected]> wrote: > 2009/8/11 deripsni <[email protected]> > > > > > Do you consider ideas, imagination, fantasy, hope as being > > material as well? > > Until someone proves beyond reasonable doubt otherwise, I cautiously listen > to scientific arguments about such things. We know that chemicals stimulate > all of the above things you describe. > > For example, imagination or, more accurately, divergent thinking is affected > by n-acetyl-aspartate (NAA). According a study in the Journal of > Neuroscience, NAA is a bit of a funny one, because for people with lower IQs > (sub-120) the less present in their anterior cingulate gyrus the more > creative they are, whereas in people with 120+ IQs, the opposite was true. > > http://www.jneurosci.org/cgi/content/abstract/29/16/5319 > > Ian --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
