For years, neuroscience has sought to understand what the mind is and where human behavior comes from. The philosopher René Descartes separated body and soul, placing humans above the “automaton” nature of animals and arguing that our will operates independently of the laws of mechanics. Yet he was also determined to identify the anatomical structure where the two converged, in order to explain how we command our bodies to run or drink a glass of water. Drawing on the limited anatomical knowledge of his time, he mistakenly concluded that this
Fuente: El Pais (Paros). Nota agregada; el texto completo está en el medio original.
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