Some thoughts on the nature of mind. A holistic concept of nervous system function

Some practical neurological ideas concerning the nature of mind are presented to assist clinicians in appreciating the fact that brain physiology first creates and then serves the mind--the highest of the hierarchical functions of the nervous system. The qualities of the mind are shaped and modulated by life experience and many disturbed responses can be tempered by a knowledgeable approach. To gain a holistic concept of the functioning nervous system one must recognize and accept that all manifestations of behavior, including those termed psychological, are the product of physiological processes.