deepdive into the human mind
explore our minds through a new kind of script collection
From neurons to narratives, identity to intuition, cognition to culture, this is where science meets story.
The Mind and Brain of Humans
Preface I – January 2021, Vienna, Austria
Read This Before You Think
This book is not a textbook, but it might just help to speak like a neuroscientist. It is a script collection for the curious, the bold, and the conversationally ambitious. If you have ever wanted to meet a brain scientist at eye level, or better yet, leave one speechless, this is your invitation. Here you will find not just facts, but frameworks. Not just data, but the kind of narrative power that lets you participate, question, and maybe even outwit in brainy debates.
The collection is built around three core scripts: one on the biology of the nervous system, one on cognition, and one on the neuroscientific lens of psychology. Before those, Script 0 serves as a fresh reset, a mental palate cleanser. It is not for memorisation, but for perspective. Think of it as a primer for shifting how you think about the brain, before diving into how the brain thinks about the world.
By the time you reach Script 3, caution is advised. There, the line between science and soul begins to blur. It is a chapter on the psyche, not in mystical terms, but in biological wonder. It asks what it means for a nervous system to become self-aware, to imagine, to suffer, to dream. And through it, you may come to see yourself, not just as someone with a brain, but as someone being a brain. So take a breath, grab your cortex, and prepare to listen in on the most complex conversation in the known universe: the one your mind is having with itself.
Operations in The Mind and Brain of Humans
Preface II – October 2024, Lisbon, Portugal
The Mind in Motion
There is no force more consistent in nature, or more disruptive, than change. And yet, no organ is more built to embody it than the human brain. Unlike the heart or liver, the brain does not merely maintain, it adapts, it rewires, it becomes. This second issue invites you to follow that motion, tracing the neural dynamics, unpredictable morphisms, and evolving patterns that define the human psyche, not as a fixed identity, but as a system in permanent flux.
Within these pages, one will encounter the concept of degrees of freedom, a phrase borrowed from the physical sciences, where it describes the number of independent ways a system can move. Applied to the brain, it captures the tension between structure and spontaneity, conformity and creativity. Every human life is a negotiation between these poles. Neuroscience, at its best, does not flatten this tension but illuminates it, revealing why freedom feels fragile, why personality bends without breaking, and how a mind reshapes itself in response to the world around it.
Amid this flux, some mysteries endure. Take sound, specifically music. Why do certain rhythms compel us? Why do harmonies soothe, or rupture, or realign us? These are questions even the most advanced imaging cannot fully resolve. But what we can observe is the brain’s profound responsiveness to patterns, whether musical, emotional, or computational. Today, those patterns are increasingly shaped by algorithms, designed to influence our choices, our attention, and even our desires. The challenge for modern neuroscience is not only to understand these influences, but to equip us with the insight to resist, redirect, or reimagine them.
So this collection becomes an invitation to contemplate how our own mind moves. How it adapts, reacts, absorbs, and redefines its shape. Change, after all, is not the exception, it is the design. And if we understand that design, perhaps we will be better equipped to author our next transformation.
The Mind and Brain of Humans
A presentable script collection on
neuroscience
neurobiology
neurocognition
neuropsychology
Operations in the Mind and Brain of Humans
A presentable script collection on
neuroelectrobiochemistry
neuromarketing
neurocriminology
neurocomputation
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Coming in 2028: Enkephalos – Belief in the Mind and Brain of Humans
Hold onto your cerebrum - Enkephalos is far from done with your neural curiosity.
In our next journey, we peer into the synaptic smoke and mirrors of belief itself. Script 8: Neuroepistemology probes that most elusive of mental artefacts, conviction. How do we know what we know? And more importantly, how can we be so bloody sure of it?
From there, we trade certainty for currency in Script 9: Neuroeconomics, an exploration of how beliefs turn into value and how value becomes... well, just about everything. What compels us to buy, sell, hoard, or donate? Is your wallet wired to your limbic system? (Spoiler: yes, somewhat.)
Then, on to the thrones and tribal drums in Script 10: Neuropolitics. Here, we ask why humans band together around these shared or perceived values, follow leaders, raise flags, and riot at elections. We explore how brains become bodies politic, and sometimes politely, sometimes not.
Our final leap lands us at the gleaming frontier of Script 11: Neurointelligence. Here, belief becomes code, and cognition turns computational. From grey matter to silicon substrate, we examine how artificial systems now echo (and perhaps soon challenge) the most sacred capacities of the human mind.
Belief, value, allegiance, reason, Enkephalos is not done until every neuron has had its say.
The mind is not just a marvel of nature. It is a parliament of thoughts, trading in truths and fictions. Join us as we cast our votes, scientifically.
Stay tuned. Minds will be blown. Or at the very least, expanded.
About the Author
Nael Elagabani is a neuropsychological scientist (specialized in [artificial] Learning & Memory), systems strategist, and interdisciplinary thinker devoted to deciphering the architecture of human cognition. With academic roots spanning molecular immunology, biochemistry, computational science, and organisational systems, his work bridges molecular insight with behavioural nuance, decoding how minds evolve, adapt, and construct meaning.
The Enkephalos series, his most personal and profound endeavour, invites readers to explore the mind from the inside out. Weaving scientific rigour with reflective narrative, Elagabani maps the neural terrain of thought, emotion, identity, and society. His voice resonates across academic and applied domains, from clinical neuropsychology to enterprise process development, always in pursuit of one essential question: What does it mean to be a mind among minds?
When he is not navigating the complexities of cognition or leading digital cloud business transformation strategies, he crafts science-backed narratives that challenge, enlighten, and provoke. Enkephalos is both a journey and an invitation, into the silent mechanisms that make us human.
It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn art and crafts into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story to your fellow minds can make all the difference.