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It represents a rather unique position in the study of the biomedical sciences in that it addresses an organ of obvious importance, the brain – what organ could be more important? – but neuroscience also addresses more psychological questions like the physiological basis of mind or emotions and our connections with the world in which we live. It’s been said that neuroscience is one of the last areas of the biological sciences. So when we know everything there is to know about the liver and the lungs and the kidneys, we’ll still just be scratching the surface in understanding the brain.
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It represents a rather unique position in the curricula of the biomedical sciences in that it addresses an organ of obvious importance, the brain – what organ could be more important? – but neuroscience also addresses more philosophical questions like the physiological basis of mind or emotions and our interactions with the world in which we live. It’s been said that neuroscience is one of the last disciplines of the biological sciences. So when we know everything there is to know about the heart and the lungs and the kidneys, we’ll still just be scratching the surface in understanding the brain.