WONDERS OF THE BRAIN Here, it is so hard to get any information about scientific discovery in studies of the brain.

All my reasoning is based on what I have surmised, using common sense and artistic imagination. I am fascinated from both an intellectual and artistic perspective by the mind and brain, the neurons and glia, nuclei and synapses, how thoughts are conducted. I once asked a jail psychologist some questions about the mind:

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1) Is it true that different parts of the brain have different responsibilities? She answered yes. So, some parts of the brain are not responsible for decisions (like short-term memory, long-term memory, movements). 2) Are neurons-human brain cells responsible for our decisions? She answered yes. 3) Is it true that some neurons die? answered yes. 4) didnt know. She

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How many neurons are necessary to create thought? She

A neuron can branch out so that it stimulates more neighbors. Unstimulated neurons eventually atrophy and die. If one neuron stimulates another and then another, sending the signal to the hand to place three fingers on certain strings of a guitar, did the neurons organize noises into the musical chord?

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And more. If the neurons are comprised of proteins and amino acids, so that neurons are basically meat, with the possibility to conduct electricity, do you really believe that meat can create thought? A radio will conduct electricity, but it cannot create the music!

Because Yuris cell is so small, he painted Open Mind by unrolling the canvas a little bit at a time and painting each panel piece by piece. He never was able to see the entire painting until he sent the piece to

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A photo of Yuri in his cell with Open Mind, 72 x 180 inches in size, the largest piece of art probably ever made in a solitary death row cell.

his attorney and she sent him a photo of the entire piece. Yuri was so happy when he saw it because it turned out just the way he had hoped when he started the project.