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WAYNE DYER

What we think determines what happens to us. Therefore, if we want to change our lives, we need to stretch our minds.

WAYNE DYER

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Functions of the conscious mind

  • Self-awareness
  • Working memory
  • Impulse control
  • Emotional self-control
  • Imagination and creativity
  • Problem resolution
  • Logical reasoning and reflection

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Functions of the unconscious mind

  • Intuition
  • Some learning, such as that which is based on the association of stimuli
  • Automatic processing of information, such as facial and pattern recognition, as well as received stimuli
  • Habit processing and motor skills. An example ...

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The information processing theory

Information processing theory describes the human mind as a computer in which all information is recorded, encoded, and stored.

  • According to this theory, the mind is the software, and the brain is the hardware
  • According to this perspective, th...

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Your conscious mind and your unconscious mind

The human mind works in two ways: Consciously and unconsciously. It’s the unconscious mind that’s the most fascinating, as much of what you do every day is automatically carried out by it. Thinking of the term “unconscious” almost instantly brings the th...

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The computational theory

The computational model of the mind started from the theory of Noam Chomsky. According to him, there are rules that explain the ease with which we all learn language from a young age. Those rules would start from our natural and automatic ability to recognize sym...

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The modular theory of mind

One more hypothesis about how the human mind works is that which Steven Pinker exposed in his book and which has a long tradition in psychology. According to the modular theory, the mind is organized into modules, in different specialized structures.

This mode...

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What are the subtle differences? I

  • The mind involves consciousness and an infinite number of cognitive processes
  • The brain is its biological support, the area of the central nervous system that’s the result of our evolution
  • The mind isn’t in a physical and concrete place but is manifested through neurological ...

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The mind and the brain aren’t the same thing

The mind is the entity that carries out all our psychological processes . In it flow complex and wonderful motivational, emotional, behavioral, and perceptual systems. It’s important to clarify that the mind and brain aren’t the same entity. The first wouldn’t be able to exist wi...

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Our brain has a huge role in how we perceive the world around us. The way we think influences the way we feel. And the way we feel further determines all our actions and behaviors. If the thoughts are healthy, empowering, and positive, so will be our lives. 

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We like to think that we are in control of our lives, but we continue to let our emotions ride a roller coaster, depending on what happens with us. If something bad happens, we have to be sad. If something good happens soon after, we're excited.

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Most of us forget more than we remember. We change memories to make sense of what has happened in our lives. When we then recall a memory, we reconstruct the events in our minds and even shape them to fit in with any new information.

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