Where do the thoughts originate? Mind or brain? I am not clear about the difference of mind and brain. I know brain is like a computer but where is the mind? Is mind a part of Brain?
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The brain is the organ responsible for thought and other functions.  The mind is the abstract concept that is the culmination of all thoughts, not a physical object.
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it's really a deep question and a good 1 too....you can control your brain according to your: behaviors,thoughts,beliefs but the most important thing is your HEART..your brain is really connected to your heart in some way, this connection is really very strong, do you know why?because all of our thoughts or behaviors could be sharing with other people(we could have the same beliefs that others have),but your heart is your own, nobody can know what is in your heart and nobody can change it too,so i am telling you that the right way to control your brain is by listening to your heart, your heart tells you what to do,it is your own and nobody can share it with you..always hear what your heart says and you would never feel sorry for that,trust me, your heart knows you like nobody does so it guides you to do the right thing always.....always....\ni hope it helped you..God bless you..
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This is definitely a myth.  We use all of our brain.  The origin of this myth is that only 10% of our brain is made up of actual neurons in the strictest sense.  That means that only 10% of the cells in our brain are the kind that transmit signals and make us think.  The other 90% are called glia.  These cells provide the structural support and nutrients for the neurons, as well as clear away their waste and excess neurotransmitters.  These cells are "used" just as much as the other 10% though.
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They say animals dont got no soul but theyre conscious aint they? Its kind of separated, the study of science and religion I mean. So the soul is in religion and the consciousness is in science. I guess its coz you cant really study the soul scientifically, its up to you to believe in it and most people do. It is almost a fact that we have souls right?
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There are many things that we do that do not require our conscious brain.  Whatever things you are talking about, perhaps the subconscious got started on it before the consciousness got involved.  When cockroaches feel stimulus on their back legs, they begin running before their conscious mind knows why they are running.  It's just like the other poster said, the impulse telling your hand to pull oout of a fire doesn't require your conscious mind to make a decision, it starts the process for you.\n\nIt's an interesting idea that this might have to do with quantum wierdness, but I think experiments woudl reject that.  I encourage you to keep thinking of things like this and hypothesizing.  Eventually you may be teaching us instead of the other way around :-)
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This is a really complicated question.  Personality is a concept that invloves several different things.  As far as where the parts of the brain that is used during thinking and some emotions, this is mostly the frontal lobe (and probably more specifically the prefrontal cortex).  That said, the brain is full of connections to all sorts of areas and something like personality is so broad that it would cover many different sections of the brain.
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A brain and a computer.
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You have your facts a little messed up. The truth is that we use all our brain. However, at any given moment, we are only using about 5% or less of our brain. This is why we can't do a million things at once and why some people have trouble chewing gum and walking at the same time. So while only 5% of our brain is in use at any given moment, there is not a single part of brain that does not perform a function and we do in fact use 100% of our brain throughout the day.
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Sure. Where is your mind located? \n\nI know we can read electrical brainwave activity as well as use a variety of machines to detect chemical changes in the brain, but when you think a thought (such as a day at the beach) where is that image in your mind actually located?\n\nThe most recent scientific theories treat such notions as simply "ghosts in the machine", arguments that are secondary to the electro-chemical function of the brain. I disagree.\n\nThe only way to prove a thought exists is (currently) in the eye of the beholder. To everyone else (in spite of our machines) it does not exist.\n\nIf our everyday thoughts are non-locational, yet exist then we have a very personal and immediate proof of the non-location nature (matrix nature) of the universe.\n\nLife is a dream. Our bodies are an illusion, only our thoughts and awareness are real.
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The human mind is associated with the brain.  The brain tends to use neurons which have previously been used over those which have never been used.  Background assumptions, beliefs, paradigms all tend to prevent new associations with old concepts.
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brains. definately brains.
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its not, for many reasons ..i will explain some , by some questions ,\n\ncan the computer feel for u ..and be sad for ur sadness or happy to ur happniess ?\n\ncan u make the computer think alone without give him what to do ?\n\nwhom found each ? the computer found the brain , or the brain found the computer ?\n\nHope i did answsered u ;)
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They are integrally tied in a unity of the physical and the unexplained.\n\nOur brain is....\nA convoluted, layered lump of micro-neuron pudding.\nFats and proteins forming electrochemical paths and branches.\nThe branches and paths develop loose circuits which react and modify themselves according to incoming sensory stimulus.\n\nSpontaneous interactions within the circuits, creating cascades of intangible formulations. A foundation of learned response and cause and effect experience allows the formulations to shape themselves into what we refer to as "thoughts". Thinking a volume of collective thoughts forges a "mind" or a "sentient consciousness". \n\nIf an individual's central nervous system is rendered defective, is not the mind affected as well? Of course.\n\nIn accompaniment with all this bio-stuff, is what we believe is a spirit or soul. The soul is part of God's realm and interacts with the sceintific brain in a constant struggle. This is the source of the "quiet thoughts". Your "concience"! If you can learn to "listen" to your spirit ALONG with your biological brain, you will acheive harmony.\nYour life will change.\n\nI hope this helps....I'm still working at it!
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No ,our brain is always on the go on some level.\neven if it is repetitive thoughts it is on the go.\nLeft Brain \n Logical\nSequential\nRational\nAnalytical\nObjective\nLooks at parts  \nvs\nRight Brain \nRandom\nIntuitive\nHolistic\nSynthesizing\nSubjective\nLooks at wholes  \nGL
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One of the differences is in how much pre-frontal lobe cortex we have. The pre-frontal lobes have to do with "connecting the dots"...logical analysis, association...it allows us to visualize the future, make rationale judgments and plan. For this reason hey call it the "executive" part of the brain. In humans, 33% of the cortex, the thinking part of the brain, is frontal. In chimpanzees, it's only about 10%. That's a huge difference, signifying that humans have a whole lot more of the kind of brain function that produces higher level intelligence.
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"I think therefore I am." Descarte was trying to start from what was indesputable, & procede to the less certain aspects of knowledge.\n\nThe ability to think was to Descarte proof that we actually existed. Descarte was deeply confused. Thinking is one of many things we DO, as well as breath, act, sense, emote, remember, imagine, or meditate. If we stop thinking, what happens? Nothing except our mind grows quiet & somewhat more peaceful for a while. We still are, thinking or not at all. If we stop breathing, we die. Wikijo would have said " I breath, therefore I am." It would have made more sense.\n\nI hope this helps.\n\n;-)
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The past is only an abstract thought. It is only in your mind because it has already happened. It is intangible. It cannot be 'held' or 'changed'.\nThe future is also an abstract thought, it hasn't happened yet. It is only in your mind that it exists. It cannot be 'held', either.\nThe present is an infinitly small amount of fleeting time between the future and the past. Infinitly small - it really doesn't exist at all. \nSo time exists in the abstract thinking of your consciousness. \n\nI follow the supersymmetry and string theories that everything is energy - everything.