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As ''Mind and Brain'' delves into these specifics, it also confronts such broader questions as "Where does [[matter]] end and [[spirit]] begin?" "What is the essence of [[human nature]] and [[personality]]?" "Is there such a thing as an immortal [[soul]]?"

As ''Mind and Brain'' delves into these specifics, it also confronts such broader questions as "Where does [[matter]] end and [[spirit]] begin?" "What is the essence of [[human nature]] and [[personality]]?" "Is there such a thing as an immortal [[soul]]?"

[[Sir John Eccles]], winner of the [[Nobel Prize]] for his study of [[nerve transmission]], edited the volume and authored many of its articles. <ref>http://www.paragonhouse.com/catalog/product_info.php?authors_id=23&products_id=25</ref>

[[Sir John Eccles]], winner of the [[Nobel Prize]] for his study of [[nerve transmission]], edited the volume and authored many of its articles.<ref>http://www.paragonhouse.com/catalog/product_info.php?authors_id=23&products_id=25</ref>

* According to the prevailing scientific theory of the mind -- known as "[[identity theory]]" -- mental states are identical with physicochemical states of the brain. The brain is regarded as a supercomplex computer in which material processes in the [[cerebral cortex]] somehow generate thoughts and feelings.<ref>http://www.theosophy-nw.org/theosnw/science/prat-bra.htm</ref>

* According to the prevailing scientific theory of the mind—known as "[[identity theory]]"—mental states are identical with physicochemical states of the brain. The brain is regarded as a supercomplex computer in which material processes in the [[cerebral cortex]] somehow generate thoughts and feelings.<ref>http://www.theosophy-nw.org/theosnw/science/prat-bra.htm</ref>

* Mental acts of attention and intention activate appropriate regions of the [[cerebral cortex]]. An intention to move, for example, initiates the firing of a set of [[neuron]]s of the supplementary [[motor area]] about 200 Milli-seconds before the intended movement takes place. <ref>http://www.theosophy-nw.org/theosnw/science/prat-bra.htm</ref>

* Mental acts of attention and intention activate appropriate regions of the [[cerebral cortex]]. An intention to move, for example, initiates the firing of a set of [[neuron]]s of the supplementary [[motor area]] about 200 Milli-seconds before the intended movement takes place.<ref>http://www.theosophy-nw.org/theosnw/science/prat-bra.htm</ref>

==Mind and Brain in Buddhism==

==Mind and Brain in Buddhism==

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