Hanson (2009) explains “as the brain develops in childhood, so does the mind; if the brain is ever damaged, so is the mind” (p. 10). I agree with this idea for the main part, but I have several questions. I’m not sure the meaning of “mind development” in this sentence. What does it mean our mind develops? Perhaps, the author doesn’t definite it appropriately. If it means that our perception to the world is expanded, why is our phenomenological perception widened when our physical brain is developed? I’d like to know the link between our physical brain and phenomenological mind.
Furthermore, if I turn the author’s argument upside down, what does it happen? ; As the mind develops, so does the brain.” Is that true? When our mind develops more and more, our physical brain also grows in accordance with the development of our mind? If so, we, human beings may get a new function of the brain or new part of the brain in the future. The possibility about our physical brain’s evolution will still remain. How far can our mind and brain evolve?
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