Back in May a symposium took place which I followed with great interest. The idea was to follow-up the Decade of The Brain, which was truly successful, with a “Decade Of The Mind”. I love the idea - and ideas, thoughts, and imagination is what it’s all about. We do seem to be really getting a grip on the chemical complexitites of Na++ exchange in neurons, and the role of the basal ganglia in learning and emotions, and so on. However, the problem of cognition, how a thought is formed is still nowhere near fully understood.

The symposium has produced real interest and has been widely publicized. To investigate more there are videos available now from George Mason University which are an excellent account of the proceedings.

This is theme I know I’ll be coming back to again and again: the mind is the culture, the brain the organization: it could be an interesting decade.