ALPHABETICAL BRAIN™ VOCABULARY QUOTATIONS ABOUT CONSCIOUSNESS FROM THE BOOK June 21, 2019 AT LEAST KNOW THIS: An Illustrated Guide to Its Structure, Function, and Disorders by Guy P. Harrison. Prometheus Books, 2018 (384 pages) QUOTATIONS ABOUT CONSCIOUSNESS 8) HOW DO BRAINS WORK? (215-256) note = brain as an engine of problem-solving: full of networks (221) [1] Thinking about cells that think (224-228) note = More sweat, more neurons: chart (227-228) [2] The geography of the brain (228-230) note = "The brain is the most complex thing in the known universe." (228) [2] Brain stem (230) [3] Limbic system (232-235) note = The perils of a sleep brain (234) note = How many neurons (235) [4] The cerebellum (236-237) note = Glial cells matter, too (237) [5] The cerebrum (238-239) note = Chart listing four lobes: (239) (1) The frontal lobe (2) The parietal lobe (3) The temporal lobe (4) The occipital lobe [6] No one is ever fully awake (239-242) [7] Your brain's biases: confirmation bias and authority bias (242-246) note = "Why is humankind so irrational, aggressive, and needlessly destructive?" (242) note = "How your doctor thinks may be as important as what your doctor knows" (244) note = The Green Factor: trees and green plants can "boost memory and improve memory" (243) note = Confirmation Bias defined: it is "our natural tendency to notice, seize onto, and remember evidence that supports our beliefs while missing, ignoring, and forgetting evidence that opposes our beliefs." (243) note = "To avoid evaluating the world through the confirmation bias, you have got to take conscious steps against it." Even then, there is no guarantee that you will succeed at freeing your thinking from its grasp since it is deeply ingrained in your evolutionary brain. (243) note = Our relationship to our unconscious mind is compounded by the fact that we have "an unconscious bias that prevents us from seeing our own unconscious biases. (245) note = Authority Bias defined: trusting practically anyone with a "fancy title or wearing a well-pressed uniform." (245) note = Anchoring Bias defined: "the unconscious mind has this strange tendency to make do with whatever information is available. (246) [8] Cutting through the fog (247-248) [9] Believing what we see and seeing what we believe (248-249) [10] Try to remember that memory is unreliable (250-256) note = Twelve quick tips for better thinking: chart (253-256) (1) Be skeptical of everything (2) All knowledge is provisional (3) Change your mind (4) You don't see or hear reality (5) Be positive and open minded (6)You are not alone (7) Check the source (8) Google is not your god (9) You are an emotional freak (10) Don't forget how unreliable your memory is (11) Feed the brain (12) Be brave instantly return to: QUOTATIONS ABOUT CONSCIOUSNESS or instantly return to: WEBSITE INDEX produced by Infinite Interactive Ideas™