Mind?

Scientists say your “mind” isn’t confined to your brain, or even your body

• By Olivia Goldhill, qz.com
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• Dezembro 24º, 2016

The mind is more than just the brain.Foto de: (The Regents of the University of California)

You might wonder, at some point today, what’s going on in another person’s mind. You may compliment someone’s great mind, or say they are out of their mind. You may even try to expand or free your own mind.

But what is a mind? Defining the concept is a surprisingly slippery task. The mind is the seat of consciousness, the essence of your being. Without a mind, you cannot be considered meaningfully alive. So what exactly, and where precisely, is it?