Brain Cells Organize Using Unexpectedly Simple Principles

Brain cells have a remarkable capacity to organize themselves. Find out how a new study explains the strikingly simple networking processes behind these vital connections.

I fell off a bicycle once, and landed on my head. I wish I could say it was when I was a kid, but by that time, I was, at least ostensibly, a grown-up.

Whoever said you never forget how to ride a bike was mistaken. Anyway, I suffered a mild concussion and, although I could remember the accident just after it happened, I had no memory of it the next morning, or even today.

The connection between our brains and our minds has always fascinated humanity. Plato discussed the nature of the soul and its relationship to the body.

Plato and Aristotle Discussed Mind-Body Relationship

Aristotle also discussed the relationship between our minds and our body’s physical structure. The idea of a separate mind and body continued throughout the Middle Ages.

What philosophers call the “mind-brain” problem begins with Rene Descartes who proposed that mind and body are separate substances. Thomas Hobbes disagreed completely…