[MD] Reductionism

[MarshaV]

At 03:57 PM 6/15/2009, you wrote:


>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.


Greeting Krimel,

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.


Marsha





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