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When Good Brains Go BadBehavior and Disease: Depression and Addiction SHP – Neurobiology of Development and Disease Brain vs Mind To what extent does your brain determine who you are? Your personality. Your individuality. Your desires. brain ?? ?n. The portion of the vertebrate central nervous system that is enclosed within the cranium, continuous with the spinal cord, and composed of gray matter and white matter. It is the primary center for the regulation and control of bodily activities, receiving and interpreting sensory impulses, and transmitting information to the muscles and body organs. It is also the seat of consciousness, thought, memory, and emotion. A functionally similar portion of the invertebrate nervous system. Intellectual ability; mind: a dull brain; a quick brain. Intellectual power; intelligence. Often used in the plural: has brains and good looks. See Synonyms at mind. A highly intelligent person. The primary director or planner, as of an organization or movement. Often used in the plural. The control center, as of a ship, aircraft, or spacecraft. mind ?? ?n. The human consciousness that originates in the brain and is manifested especially in thought, perception, emotion, will, memory, and imagination. The collective conscious and unconscious processes in a sentient organism that direct and influence mental and physical behavior. The principle of intelligence; the spirit of consciousness regarded as an aspect of reality. The faculty of thinking, reasoning, and applying knowledge: Follow your mind, not your heart. A person of great mental ability: the great minds of the century. Individual consciousness, memory, or recollection: Ill bear the problem in mind. A person or group that embodies certain mental qualities: the medical mind; the public mind. The thought processes characteristic of a person or group; psychological makeup: the criminal mind. Opinion or sentiment: He changed his mind when he heard all the facts. Desi