The possible role of long-chain, Omega-3 fatty acids in human brain phylogeny
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The intake of highly unsaturated, long-chain fatty acids such as Omega-3 from animal sources is a crucial factor in human brain phylogeny. This nutritional orientation provided the sustenance for the hominid cognitive functions to rapidly acquire sophistication, such as the status of H. erectus within the span of a few million years. Neuroscientists believe that the metabolism of the human brain was nutritionally attuned to evolve and expand to encompass diverse physiological activities. While fatty acid contributed to human encephalization, it hardly explains the enigma of brain phylogeny.
Publication Name: Perspectives in Biology and Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0031-5982
Year: 1996
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A theory of the mind/brain dichotomy with special reference to the contribution of positron emission tomography
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The physical and biological correlates of the mind have always been subject to controversy throughout history. The contention that the mind is a distinct entity has not been fully disproved due to biologic and philosophical reasons. The relationship between mind and biologic processes has been enlightened by modern imaging techniques. Positron emission tomography has provided brain properties and aids correlation with mental processes. It views the brain as a dynamic, flexible and open to development and flexible ipsicorrespondence further relates the mental with the physical.
Publication Name: Perspectives in Biology and Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0031-5982
Year: 1992
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Life and mind, past and future: Schrodinger's vision fifty years later
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Schrodinger's view of life as a system of negative entropy supports the result of the thought experiment called 'Maxwell's demon' that order is created out of disorder. However, the view was not shared by a number of scientists because it defied the laws of thermodynamics. According to Schrodinger, simple forms of life can evolve from even simpler forms through the continuous introduction of new information to the system. A model that explains Maxwell's paradox is discussed.
Publication Name: Perspectives in Biology and Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0031-5982
Year: 1995
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