This critical review, called “Critical Review 1: Emotions and the Brain with Mark Solms” is the first in a series of critical reviews called CRITIQUES OF BRAIN THEORIES where I will be examining the work of leaders in the fields of neuroscience, psychology, philosophy, and AI.
The idea of critiquing the work of brain experts was in part inspired by the very person whose work I will review first, based on a similar challenge of a colleague’s work he had performed.
He is none other than world-renowned and respected psychoanalyst and neuropsychologist Professor Mark Solms. Mark posted a YouTube interview on X (previously Twitter) on 30 October 2024 titled “Emotions and the Brain with Mark Solms”. The interview was conducted by Leanne Whitney (PhD), a depth psychologist and guest host for the Youtube channel ‘New Thinking Allowed with Jeffrey Mishlove’.
Although the interview comprises a high-level discussion aimed at a wide audience, I have decided to capture and compare Mark’s explanations of emotions against the explanations offered by my own brain model, the Xzistor Mathematical Model of Mind.
The final goal of these critiques is to obtain and consolidate the best ideas around the working of the brain from the fields of neuroscience, psychology, philosophy and AI, and hopefully spur on these fields towards a better understanding of the brain – a quest that most in these fields support and also feel is urgently needed.
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