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De: "Marina"
Dear Dr. Cardoso:
I love your journal. I would like to know the difference between brain and Mind for a school work. Another thing, I have a strong interest for brain and mind subjects!

Thank you.

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Prezada Marina,

The brain is a well-defined object: it is a material entity located inside the skull, which may be visualized, touched and handled. It is composed of chemical substances, enzymes and hormones which may be measured and analyzed. Its architecture is characterized by neuronal cells, pathways and synapses. Its functioning depends on neurons, which consume oxygen, exchanging chemical substance through their membranes, and maintaining states of electrical polarization interrupted by brief periods of depolarization.

Mind is a definition which tries to rescue the essence of man. The essence of a person arises from the existence of mental functions which permit him or her to think and to perceive, to love and to hate, to learn and to remember, to solve problems, to communicate through speech and writing, to create and to destroy civilizations. These expressions are closely related with brain functioning. Therefore, without the brain, the mind cannot exist, without the behavioral manifestation, the mind cannot be expressed.

If you want more details on the subject, please see the article "What is Mind" at:
http://www.epub.org.br/cm/n04/editori4_i.htm

Regards,

Abracos,
Silvia Cardoso
 

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