is brain an intellectual organ or is it just another organ?
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what do you consider intellectual? i would say the cns(central nervous system) can also be called intellectual.\n\nmy lymph nodes and adrenal glands are pretty smart too, they defend my body from invaders, know how to regulate my hormone levels, function to keep me healthy... pretty smart.
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EDIT: Half of my answer didn't post for some reason.\n\nScientists have been studying this for years, but never have found an answer.\n\nWhen I spoke to a deaf woman about this idea, this is what she said: "When I think about what I am going to say, I think about it in sign and I sometimes sign in my sleep.  However, when I read something (because there is no written version of sign language) I think about it in English.  Concepts are created visually more often than in English."\n\nFor an actual study, when presented with a stimulus, the visual and language areas of the brain become active, whereas in a hearing person, the auditory and language areas of the brain become active.  While they are processed differently, the language area of the brain is used at all times.\n\nThe only other help I can offer is a study on Genie, a girl who was locked up and unsocialized until about the age of twelve.  While she was able to be somewhat rehabilitated and learn some basic vocabulary, she never figured out how to put complex sentences together, which was thought to show she was not capable of complex thought.  However, the data was compromised because it was thought that she may be mentally challenged.
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We need to distinguish between Mind and Soul.  The mind is indeed a function of the brain, and the Soul is mostly indistinguishable from it while the brain is functioning.  We therefore leave open the question of whether the Soul is something quite apart, which can exist without the physical "housing" of the brain.  I personally think it is something different, and does exist apart from any physical structure, but my reasons are all spiritual/religious, and not in the least scientific.  The most scientific analogy is an idea or a concept, perhaps an archetype.  They clearly exist outside of any physical structure, and I believe the soul does, too.  My real question is whether it is an individual soul, and therefore there are billions of them, or whether we share souls at a higher dimension/level than we normally perceive.  The jury is still out on that one.
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The human brain controls heartbeat, respiration, digestion and other autonomic functions. It is the seat of thought, reasoning, and abstraction. The brain is what makes the cognitive mind possible such as perception, interpretation, imagination, and memories.\n\nWhile all that is good and fine if this is a homework question for elementary school or middle school just put down that it controls thoughts and emotions or something less complicated.
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The mind is the human consciousness that originates in the brain and is manifested especially in thought, perception, emotion, will, memory, and imagination. \n\nThe collective conscious and unconscious processes in a sentient organism that direct and influence mental and physical behavior. \n\nThe principle of intelligence; the spirit of consciousness regarded as an aspect of reality. \n\nThe faculty of thinking, reasoning, and applying knowledge: Follow your mind, not your heart. \n\nA person of great mental ability: the great minds of the century. \n\na. Individual consciousness, memory, or recollection: I'll bear the problem in mind. b. A person or group that embodies certain mental qualities: the medical mind; the public mind. c. The thought processes characteristic of a person or group; psychological makeup: the criminal mind. \n\nOpinion or sentiment: He changed his mind when he heard all the facts. \n\nDesire or inclination: She had a mind to spend her vacation in the desert. \n\nFocus of thought; attention: I can't keep my mind on work. \n\nA healthy mental state; sanity: losing one's mind.
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because the body cannot live without BRAIN
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Emotional Intelligence deals with total body, mind and heart, but intellectual intelligence deals only with brain.
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Our thought are information and dependent on the physical reality of brain. You can not project your thoughts beyond the confines of your brain, unless they are piggy-backed on a transfer wave, such as the intelligence of radio waves is piggy-backed on carrier waves; all physical. You are confused, because instead of getting a proper education in these matters, you wish to believe some form of " alternative " explanation to reality.
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The prefrontal cortex is responsible for many processes unique to higher vertebrate mammals.  I believe this would certainly have to be at least part of it.
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The human brain. Look at everything around you, it was created by the human brain. Cars, buildings, nuclear weapons, etc. were created by the human brain. Everything that you feel emotionally, all of your passion, motivation, and "spirit" is the direct result of your brain.
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Fish brains don't have much of a prefrontal cortex. It would be hard for the them to "think" as we know it. Much less think about something long enough to develop self-awareness.
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Brain and hair color are little different things, no?
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100%  That 10% saying is bogus.  All of the brain is being used for something, whether it's memory, moving muscles, regulating heartbeat etc.  There is a smaller portion of it used for consciousness.
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Interesting. The brain is a bundle of neurons, but it has no "feeling" itself.  An electrode inserted into the brain is painless.
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Everything but the brain.
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There's a Socratic idea in philosophy that our soul is immortal and therefore retains all knowledge of previous lives. Thus, the soul is intelligent. \n\nI don't believe Socrates on that though, but I'm just throwing it out there.
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That question isn't quite right. A simple analogy to the working brain might be a moving car. Not just a part of the car is moving but all of it. You can train your brain to work better in certain aspects though. Evolution is still changing the way our brain works, for better or worse, it just adapts to the way we live.