“Fair Observer is an internet magazine for sharing exceptional ideas, insights, and analysis with the global community.”  The four articles that follow show the depth and breadth of current brain/mind research.

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This is a series of musings about the inter-relatedness of the ego, awareness, sense of self, cognitive psychology and neuroscience. Science is trying to solve the deepest mysteries and Benoit Wolff and Vaughn Gray bring us the latest on this.

1. The Chronicle of a Mystery: Delving into the Human Mind  — “It is in the center of our lives and yet fairly unknown: our self. At least from a scientific standpoint, the self remains a mystery that has lead to a never-ending scientific debate and countless pages of theory. Disciplines like philosophy, psychology, psychoanalysis and the neurosciences, to name only a few, have come up with a plethora of possible explanations concerning its nature and functioning.”  –  http://www.fairobserver.com/node/948

2. Freud’s Ego:The I Before the I  –  Samuel Weber, an American philosopher and outstanding thinker across the disciplines of literary theory, philosophy, and psychoanalysis. He is the Paul de Man Chair at the European Graduate School (EGS) and the Avalon Professor of Humanities at Northwestern University.  –  http://www.fairobserver.com/article/freud%E2%80%99s-egothe-i-i

3. Disorders of the Self  –  MD board certified psychiatrist at the University of Heidelberg, Germany, Elmar is an expert in dementia research and early detection of patients with dementia. His research focuses on cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers for dementia, cerebral MRI and addictive disorders.  –  http://www.fairobserver.com/article/disorders-self

4. Self Referential Thought: A Neuro-Scientific Perspective  –  Benjamin Maier investigates the thinking about ourselves, which takes place precisely when we are not perceiving, reasoning or making decisions.  –  http://www.fairobserver.com/article/self-referential-thought-neuro-scientific-perspective

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