Brain metaphors
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A note for Lesson no. 2, "Your Brain Is a Network," in Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain by Lisa Feldman Barrett.
Some context from page 29 is:
Aristotle thought of the brain as a cooling chamber for the heart....
Here are references for the various metaphors mentioned in this lesson:
- Brain cavities (called ventricles) as the location of the human soul
- The brain as a collection of mental organs (phrenology)
- System 1 and System 2[5]
- "I describe mental life," wrote Kahneman, "by the metaphor of two agents, called System 1 and System 2, which respectively produce fast and slow thinking. I speak of the features of intuitive and deliberate thought as if they were traits and dispositions of two characters in your mind." (p. 13)
References
- ↑ Oleksowicz, Michał. 2018. "Aristotle on the Heart and Brain." European Journal of Science and Theology 14 (3): 77–94.
- ↑ Godwin, Dwayne, and Jorge Cham. 2013. "Aristotle Thought the Brain Was a Radiator." Scientific American, November 1.
- ↑ Corballis Michael C. 2014. "Left Brain, Right Brain: Facts and Fantasies." PLoS Biology 12 (1): e1001767.
- ↑ Cherry, Kendra. 2020. "Left Brain vs. Right Brain Dominance." Verywell Mind, April 10.
- ↑ Kahneman, Daniel. 2011. Thinking Fast and Slow. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.