Kristi Panik, MD,
is a psychiatrist in private practice and on the clinical staff of the University Student Health Services at UC Berkeley, Calif.
Mind, Brain, Consciousness: A Deep Knowing
The human brain is the most complex object in the known universe, and the study of its structure and function is one of the most rapidly developing fields in contemporary science. Yet many great mysteries remain, including understanding the brain processes involved in memory, perception, mental illness, and arguably the greatest unanswered question in all of science: How are consciousness and mind related to the physical processes within the brain?