“The distinction between diseases of "brain" and "mind," between "neurological" problems and "psychological" or "psychiatric" ones, is an unfortunate cultural inheritance that permeates society and medicine. It reflects a basic ignorance of the relation between brain and mind. Diseases of the brain are seen as tragedies visited on people who cannot be blamed for their condition, while diseases of the mind, especially those that affect conduct and emotion, are seen as social inconveniences for which sufferers have much to answer. Individuals are to be blamed for their character flaws, defective emotional modulation, and so on; lack of willpower is supposed to be the primary problem.” MindCharacterBrainMental HealthMental IllnessPsychologicalPsychiatricMental DisorderCharacter FlawsNeurological Book:Descartes' Error: Emotion, Reason and the Human Brain Source: Descartes' Error: Emotion, Reason and the Human Brain
“e seres humanos que inventam flautas, escrevem poesia, acreditam eu Deus, conquistam o Planeta e o espaço em seu redor, combatem doenças para atenuar o sofrimento, mas também não hesitam em destruir outros seres humanos para seu ganho pessoal, inventam a internet, descobrem maneiras de a transformar num instrumento de progresso e de catástrofe e, ainda por cima, se interrogam sobre as bactérias, formigas, abelhas - e si próprios.” PhilosophyScienceBrainEmotionsBiologyNonfiction Book:The Strange Order of Things: Life, Feeling, and the Making of Cultures Source: The Strange Order of Things: Life, Feeling, and the Making of Cultures