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The mind as a process

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Essentially all behavior is regulated by the brain in response to information received from within the body or from the environment. The tangible structures of the brain serve as devices for processing thoughts and emotions as well as information. Stored among the interacting neural structures are memories of past experiences and responses to them. These intangibles participate in determining the decisions made and the actions performed by the brain’s structures. There are valuable studies of the clinical and neurological effects of environmental stimuli, but we need to learn more about the processes that lead to these effects. More definitive correlations could be made between environmental stimuli and the neurological pathways they create by studying individual’s real life experiences rather than laboratory simulations alone.

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    John G. Bruhn

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Bruhn, J.G., Wolf, S. The mind as a process. Integrative Physiological & Behavioral Science 38, 75–87 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02734262

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