All Creation Necessarily Ends In This: Creators,

All Activity In The Brain Is Driven By Other Activity In The Brain, In A Vastly Complex, Interconnected Network.

One Of The Most Impressive Features Of Brains - And Especially Human Brains - Is The Flexibility To Learn Almost Any Kind Of Task That Comes Its Way.

When A Male Vole Repeatedly Mates With A Female, A Hormone Called Vasopressin Is Released In His Brain. The Vasopressin Binds To Receptors In A Part Of The Brain Called The Nucleus Accumbens, And The Binding Mediates A Pleasurable Feeling That Becomes Associated With That Female. This Locks In The Monogamy, Which Is Known As Pair-bonding. If You Block This Hormone, The Pair-bonding Goes Away.

Societies Would _not_ Be Better Off If Everyone Were Like Mr Spock, All Rationality And No Emotion. Instead, A Balance - A Teaming Up Of The Internal Rivals - Is Optimal For Brains. ... Some Balance Of The Emotional And Rational Systems Is Needed, And That Balance May Already Be Optimized By Natural Selection In Human Brains.

A Typical Neuron Makes About Ten Thousand Connections To Neighboring Neurons. Given The Billions Of Neurons, This Means There Are As Many Connections In A Single Cubic Centimeter Of Brain Tissue As There Are Stars In The Milky Way Galaxy.