Mind is the brain in action therefore the use of the term mind/brain science

The field, term and concept neuroscience encompasses all studies having to do with minds. The term mind is implied within the label neuroscience. I thought it would be a bit more inviting to use the term mind-brain science. It is generally used in all of my blog units to imply, both explicitly and implicitly, that mind and brain are inseparable. The vast majority of scientist studying how minds work agree with this perspective. Furthermore the point of studying how brains work is to understand the nature of mind.  Some readers may have a problem with this position, but nevertheless it should be understood that mind-brain researchers do not accept the dichotomy between mind and brain.

Of course we still know very little about the neurobiological basis of the expression of our minds, including moods, thinking, sleep, learning, remembering, seeing, hearing a train coming down the tracks, remembering that we will be getting on it. Nevertheless during the last few decades our progress in understanding how brains work has been stunning, and that knowledge is beginning to be put to practical use. It is appropriate that some of the contributions to this blog provide a glimpse of what we know about brain activity as the basis of all of our mental life. More later.