Viewing entries tagged
brain

The Neural Mechanisms and Purposes of Randomness in Consciousness

The Neural Mechanisms and Purposes of Randomness in Consciousness

Do you believe in free will or determinism?   Either way,  imagine you are creating a life form, and that you want it to have free will.  You figure out that you need to design an organ that would be responsible for this.  You decide to call it the "free willer".

What would this organ do?

Why The DLPFC is The Coolest Part of The Brain

Why The DLPFC is The Coolest Part of The Brain

Want to learn about why the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex is the coolest part of the brain?  With the onset of modern neuroscience a common question often discussed is: where in the brain are self-regulation, executive control, free will, volition, selection, short-term memory, attention, planning, and overall consciousness located and by what neurological processes do they occur.