General principle
Principle 1: Even though the mind and the brain are two separate entities they do work together and it’s the importance of the role of the forebrain in relations to cognitive psychology.
Example 1: This is seen through brain damage, and a person not functioning cognitively as what is considered normal. An example of this would be the case of Capgras syndrome. This is a result from many injuries to the brain where the results are assumption of impostures. The person is able to identify the person as a relative, friend, or what the case may be, but believes there is something different about the person, so the person comes to the conclusion that the relative is a fraud and is an imposture.
Example 2: Another example would be in relation to memory and again damage to the brain. This could also be seen by Alzheimer's, which I witnessed peeks of it with my grandfather before he passed. He had two strokes, and eventually they figured out he needed to filtered his blood due to the buildup of blood clots continuously in his brain, after his open brain surgery, he wasn’t really cognitively the same. He reacted quit slowly towards things, like recognition, and the conclusion was drawn that it was the affect due to the surgery that was done.
Critical Commentary: I found this General Principle to pop out towards my attention due to the connection I made while reading, with my grandfather, even though the connection between the mind and brain is found to be very confusing. With the example given in the book opening the chapter about the Capgras syndrome, it helps to visualize how the connection between the brain and the mind is possible, even though the brain is something that is objective and is easy to study in comparison to the subjective mind and the inability to measure its changes.
Example 1: This is seen through brain damage, and a person not functioning cognitively as what is considered normal. An example of this would be the case of Capgras syndrome. This is a result from many injuries to the brain where the results are assumption of impostures. The person is able to identify the person as a relative, friend, or what the case may be, but believes there is something different about the person, so the person comes to the conclusion that the relative is a fraud and is an imposture.
Example 2: Another example would be in relation to memory and again damage to the brain. This could also be seen by Alzheimer's, which I witnessed peeks of it with my grandfather before he passed. He had two strokes, and eventually they figured out he needed to filtered his blood due to the buildup of blood clots continuously in his brain, after his open brain surgery, he wasn’t really cognitively the same. He reacted quit slowly towards things, like recognition, and the conclusion was drawn that it was the affect due to the surgery that was done.
Critical Commentary: I found this General Principle to pop out towards my attention due to the connection I made while reading, with my grandfather, even though the connection between the mind and brain is found to be very confusing. With the example given in the book opening the chapter about the Capgras syndrome, it helps to visualize how the connection between the brain and the mind is possible, even though the brain is something that is objective and is easy to study in comparison to the subjective mind and the inability to measure its changes.