‘Mind’ on the other hand is described as ‘the part of a person that makes them able to be aware of things, to think and to feel’ (Yes, it tries to relate mind and brain but isn’t it quite confusing?)
Today research have revealed that the brain is the home of the mind (soul). The credit to this idea goes to ‘Cartesian Dualistic Theory’. But in the past, beliefs varied over time. The Egyptians regarded the heart as the home for the soul and preserved it but they threw away the brains of the deceased.
Greek physician Hippocrates proposed that brain is the place which arises joys, sorrows, tears and laughter. Through it, we tend to make judgments and hence it is the home of the mind.
Philosopher Aristotle regarded heart as the home of the mind. He defined brain as the “cooler” that radiated the excess heat produced by the mental exertions of the heart.
William James’ approach to psychology known as ‘functionalism’ was concerned with how mind operates rather than what mind contained? According to this approach, the mind came into existence during the course of human evolution and it is useful for preserving life and passing along genes to offspring. It aids in the adaptation to environmental demands.
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