Are you a body with a mind or a mind with a body? - Maryam Alimardani

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Our bodies – the physical, biological parts of us — and our minds — the thinking, conscious aspects — have a complicated, tangled relationship. Which one primarily defines you or your self? Are you a body with a mind or a mind with a body? Maryam Alimardani investigates.

Lesson by Maryam Alimardani, animation by Ivana Bošnjak & Thomas Johnson.

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