Brain scans
Assessment Description
The strong dualism position of Descartes suggests that the mind is fully separate from the brain, and that therefore there may be no detectable manifestation of representations in the brain. What some note as manifestations are called traces, and their existence has been argued over time. Brain scans suggest that nothing we remember can be physically pinpointed in the brain and there is no geometrical location for the meaning of the word “baby,” nor is there a pinpoint location for the image of a baseball. Yet fMRI scans no changes in the brain when an individual is memorizing new words. However, the changes are gross, smeared images with no pinpointing, relative to the scale of neurons or small groups of them. In this assignment you will make a statement on whether the mind and brain are fully separate or whether they are one entity.
General Requirements
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- This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
- This assignment requires that at least two additional scholarly research sources related to this topic, and at least one in-text citation from each source be included.
- Doctoral learners are required to use APA style for their writing assignments. Refer to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association for specific guidelines related to doctoral-level writing. The manual contains essential information on manuscript structure and content, clear and concise writing, and academic grammar and usage.
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Directions
Write a paper (1,250-1,500 words) in which you make a statement and provide support for whether the mind and brain are fully separate or whether they are one entity. Include the following in your assignment:
- A discussion comparing differing conceptualizations of the mind and how the mind is studied.
- A discussion addressing the influence of internal and environmental conditions on what is recalled from certain kinds of memory/representations (e.g., things remembered rote, such as one\\\’s phone number vs. interpreted things like a mother\\\’s affect last time she was seen).
- A discussion determining the necessity for a one-to-one correspondence between a specific representation in the mind and a physical chemical condition in some specific neurons/synapses and the associated brain.
- An analysis of the fundamental differences between representations from visual stimuli vs. those from speech stimuli and experienced stimuli vs. imagined stimuli.
Requirements: 1250-1500
Answer preview to Brain scans
APA
1500 WORDS
