>Krimel: >We know that emotions are localized in the brain in the evolutionarily >significant parts of the midbrain where they are found in most mammals. We >also know that humans have evolved large areas in both hemispheres of the >brain that give us rational thought. Those areas in the neo-cortex work for >us by combining inputs from all over the brain. They allow us to access our >senses and our memories and to compare the past with the present. The net >effect is to help us rationally decide whether to go with our automatic >habits or our emotional inclinations or to come up with something completely >novel. It isn't emotions or rational thought broken into pieces that matters >it is the integration and synthesis of this different modalities that get us >through the night.
Marsha I am curious about your use of the word 'We'. Who is this 'we'. In what group are you including yourself? Do you mean you, a neuroscientist, and your colleagues, or you, a plumber, and your barber? Where did you learn this information? Unless you've been conducting the actual experiments and can give a firsthand account, maybe you can point to the source of the information. [Krimel] We? I thought I was talking about the human family. By "we" I mean anyone with a brain sufficiently complex to access the intellectual level via the internet. If you need references: Here is a great place to start: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Li5nMsXg1Lk For more detail http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Brain-and-Cognitive-Sciences/9-01Fall-2003/CourseH ome/index.htm These lectures are extraordinarily rich in information but the lecturer takes some getting used to. He has a boring voice but if you get past that his explanations of brain lesion study is quite good. >From the Teaching Company Robert Sapolsky has a set of lectures on neuroscience and behavior that are quite good. He is an excellent lecturer. These would be better to start with. But the MIT lectures are free, Also, as always, it is hard to beat Malcolm Gladwell's "Blink" Right now I am reading Jonah Lehrer's "How We Decide" it is easy reading and somewhat like "Blink" There is a great series from the BBC call the "Secret life of the Brain." You can maybe find parts of it on Youtube. Also while you are looking there is a series by Robert Winston from BBC called "The Human Brain" which is good and he also has a longer series on "The Human Body" which is extraordinary. V R Ramachandran's Phantoms in the Brain is really good. I would say mind blowing. Here is Part 1 you are on your own for Part 2. http://www.guba.com/watch/2000937292 Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
