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{{quotebox|Eccles calls the fundamental neural units of the [[cerebral cortex]] dendrons, and proposes that each of the 40 million dendrons is linked with a mental unit, or [[psychon]], representing a unitary [[conscious experience]]. In [[will]]ed actions and [[thought]], psychons act on dendrons and momentarily increase the probability of the firing of selected [[neuron]]s, while in [[perception]] the reverse process takes place. [http://www.theosophy-nw.org/theosnw/science/prat-bra.htm]}}

A '''dendron''' is a fundamental neural unit of the [[cerebral cortex]]. Distinguished [[neuroscience|neuroscientist]] and [[Nobel Prize]] winner Sir [[John Eccles]] proposes that each of the 40 million dendrons is linked with a mental unit, or [[psychon]], representing a unitary [[conscious experience]]<ref>http://www.theosophy-nw.org/theosnw/science/prat-bra.htm</ref>. In [[will]]ed actions and [[thought]], psychons act on dendrons and momentarily increase the probability of the firing of selected [[neuron]]s, while in [[perception]] the reverse process takes place. The mind is split between a material component and a spiritual component--the former influences the latter, but it is the latter that is the true "captain" of our mental processes. The dendrons collectively comprise the material component of the mind, which receives message impulses from the spiritual component through quantum energy, which Eccles calls non-physical ''etheric'' energy.

 

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