How does our brain make choices?
A Scientific Model Of The Brain : How does our brain make choices? In order to understand how the brain works, it is best to think of it as the government of the organism. It is then natural to say, that all important decisions are taken by our (conscious) mind. However, if we analyze a little deeper how the brain works, we will quickly realize, that in this context the word 'decisions' is rather misleading: Our mental constructs are nothing but the result of our experience with the environment. As a matter of fact, our mental constructs' raison d'etre is the formation of a model of the world outside, where - in order to optimize our interaction with our environment - our interpretation of how the world works is represented. It is therefore really hard (if not altogether impossible) to conceive anything foreign to everything we have so far been exposed to. For instance, as three-dimensional beings interacting in this world with other three-dimensional structures, it is...