i am including an excerpt from chapter 19 in dr. ross’s book that speaks to the complex, yet truly wonderfully designed, interactions between synchronous neural synaptic networks that function in the processing and interpretation of specified, encoded information by the immaterial mind. In my books and blog posts i have focused primarily on the encoded cognitive activities of the neocortex that are interpreted by the mind. in dr. ross’s comments we shall see that the mind interprets and integrates complex, multiple synaptic networks of neural codes beyond the neocortex. his comments address a comparison between the brains of neanderthals and human beings, homo sapiens sapiens:
“with a smaller right cerebellum providing only limited connections to the prefrontal lobes, neanderthals would have lacked language processing capability. modern humans’ larger cerebellum endows them with a ‘larger capacity for cognitive information processing’ and for ‘episodic and working memory capacity.’ the much larger superior medial part of the human parietal lobe gives humans the ability to engage in ‘highly integrated tasks, including visuospatial imagery, episodic memory and self-related mental representations.’ the larger superior lateral portion of the human parietal lobe allows for humans’ ‘integration and coordination between the self and the external space, generation of body image and sense of agency.’”
my inclusion of this information should reveal the power and majesty of our creator god who designed our capacity for communion with him via his holy spirit and with each other!