After a long vacation...

So when I started this thing, it was my intention to write weekly posts exploring different concepts of the brain, all from my undergraduate perspective. To do this, I would review books, theories, and research articles, and summarize them in a way that didn't require a PhD in Neuroscience to understand.

But...

Then I got busy doing all those things that an undergraduate does to get by... tests, papers, creative finance, the search for food, reading, looking at grad schools, getting ready to apply to grad schools...

Also, I can be pretty lazy when classes actually get out for vacation. Then they start again and I become buried in the constant work of a college senior.

But now I'm back! The plan is back on track, and I have read lots of articles and books for review, all that you can look forward to hearing about... starting next week.
(Did I mention I am a procrastinator?)

The view inside your head

Any deep exploration of your own mind can leave you dizzy, confused, and questioning. A blind acceptance of Descartes just isn't for you, is it? It isn't enough to recognize that you have thoughts. Just because you have thoughts doesn't mean that others do, does it? After all, there is plenty of evidence around you that other people often don't think at all, isn't there? And what about thoughts, anyway? Where do they come from? Can they really be just the background noise of electrical signals firing rapidly between sets of neurons? Are feelings just the residue of neurotransmitters released during that electrical firing? How is it that 1300 or so grams of spongy, lumpy stuff can do amazing things like learn a language, laugh, recognize pain in others, and cause pain in you?

If you go at it long enough, you may get to this:
If my perception of the world around me is all that actually exists for me, why did I make it suck so bad?

And then it really begins...