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The donne axiom: No human brain is an island. An unused way to look at the brain and to couple it to mind

The donne axiom: No human brain is an island. An unused way to look at the brain and to couple it... Acta Biotheoretica 39: 161-163, 1991. © 1991 Kluwer Academic Publishers. Printed in the Netherlands. THE DONNE AXIOM: NO HUMAN BRAIN IS AN ISLAND. AN UNUSED WAY TO LOOK AT THE BRAIN AND TO COUPLE IT TO MIND Francesco Pansera (Received 29-111-1990) In the case of human brains significant functional connections and exchange of information exist not only within brains, but also between them (given language). Connected human brains constitute a physiological entity, which should be taken into account when modelling human brain functions. The study of the anatomy and physiology of the human brain is based on an hidden (enthymemotic) axiom: it is assumed that, like for any other organ, is possible to take a single, isolated, ideal brain as the object of study. We would like to point out that this axiom, which we shall call "one brain", can be challenged, as it seems to contrast with some elementary facts. In the case of our species, a considerable quantity of information is exchanged between brains, through language. To produce, to receive, and to elaborate this information is among the recognized activities of the human brain. Such information is determined by the internal state of the brain that produces http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Acta Biotheoretica Springer Journals

The donne axiom: No human brain is an island. An unused way to look at the brain and to couple it to mind

Pansera, Francesco
Acta Biotheoretica , Volume 39 (2) – May 1, 2004
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Acta Biotheoretica 39: 161-163, 1991. © 1991 Kluwer Academic Publishers. Printed in the Netherlands. THE DONNE AXIOM: NO HUMAN BRAIN IS AN ISLAND. AN UNUSED WAY TO LOOK AT THE BRAIN AND TO COUPLE IT TO MIND Francesco Pansera (Received 29-111-1990) In the case of human brains significant functional connections and exchange of information exist not only within brains, but also between them (given language). Connected human brains constitute a physiological entity, which should be taken into account when modelling human brain functions. The study of the anatomy and physiology of the human brain is based on an hidden (enthymemotic) axiom: it is assumed that, like for any other organ, is possible to take a single, isolated, ideal brain as the object of study. We would like to point out that this axiom, which we shall call "one brain", can be challenged, as it seems to contrast with some elementary facts. In the case of our species, a considerable quantity of information is exchanged between brains, through language. To produce, to receive, and to elaborate this information is among the recognized activities of the human brain. Such information is determined by the internal state of the brain that produces

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