THE LIFE OF THE BRAIN
Journal Title: Acta Neuropsychologica - Year 2003, Vol 1, Issue 1
Abstract
The main premise discussed in the present paper is that language provides an insight into how the human brain works. Language is therefore the main way to gain a better understanding of our mind. This is so despite the rapid development of such techniques as computerized tomography (CT), position emission tomography (PET) or regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF), since these depict the physical work of the brain and the mind. As a consequence, we still use an indirect way of investigation, such as clinical observations, animal experiments, and morphological studies. This has led to the formulation of various models of the mind, among which the compu-ter analogy is most popular. Yet in contradistinction to the computer our minds work in a multidimensional, polymodal, and creative manner that is closely connected with the use of language. And language is also important for self-awareness, which is an intrinsically human characteristic. It is also shown that information is processed in the right and left hemispheres in accordance with its nature, in the case of both verbal and nonverbal clues. In our present state of knowledge the microgenetic approach provides a plausible explanation for the cooperation between the analytic left hemisphere and the holistic right hemisphere in processing internal and external information. Another plausible explanation of the way the brain works is the counter-current theory proposed by Deacon.
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Bożydar Kaczmarek
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