Neuroscience

The Three-In-One Brain

 The nervous system is the biological support for the human mind.  The brain is the tool we use to face and try to understand life, but is it reliable as an instrument for acquiring knowledge? Do we really see what is there?  Do we perceive reality objectively?...

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Psychology

Advertising and the Reptilian Brain

A few weeks ago in Santiago, Chile we saw the results of the ACHAP convention (Chilean Advertisement Association) about the power of emotions in advertising. The presentations agreed with the most recent theories of research in neuro-physics, and left no doubt about the hierarchy of emotions within the brain, and the underlying brain structures, specifically according to McLean’s research on the diencephalons or R-complex.

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Entropy

Entropy and Hermetic Teachings.

According to the law of entropy (the second law of Thermodynamics, initially formulated by S. Carnot in 1812 ), all systems in the universe tend to become disorganized in a natural and irreversible way as time goes by. (Maxwell, 1860 and Boltzmann, 1872.)  As a result, entropy is associated with disorder and chaos and with any process that “left alone” will end up becoming ruined.

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News Flash

In this section you will find brief scientific news flashes of interest to Operative Philosophy™ – In various media forms.

Deep Meditation improves Brain Functions

People who practice meditation over time induce effective changes in the way the brain functions such as improved control over the knowledge they have and better management of their emotions.  According to W.M. Keck laboratory experiments on brain studies at the Waisman Center at the University of Wisconsin,…

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