Tuesday, June 1, 2021

Brain or MInd: Which came first?

Remember the vehicle-traffic metaphor? Well, try this: the brain creates technology. In turn, technology impacts the brain positively or negatively—by something the brain created to begin with. Researchers at the UC Davis Center for Mind and Brain—with access to some of the world's most advanced and highly sensitive analytical equipment—are studying the brain vs the mind.  Whatever else the human brain is, it is relational. It has a relationship with you, the mind; other brains; and with technology. Two researchers at the Hankamer School of Business of Baylor University, are authors of what may be the first formal study of the impact on a relationship when a person uses or is distracted by his/her cell phone while in the company of other individuals, the person’s relationship partner, friend, or colleague, for example. As you may know, the term for this is “Phubbing.”  More tomorrow.

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