Research thought on the cognitive neural mechanism of traditional Chinese medicine syndrome differentiation thinking.

Revealing the rules of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) syndrome differentiation thinking is an important part of researching the original thinking in TCM, which involves brain cognition and neural activity principles. However, traditional research on syndrome differentiation lacks exploration of the cognitive mechanisms of TCM practitioners during syndrome differentiation. In this context of cognitive science, this paper proposes a new paradigm for studying the cognitive neural mechanisms of TCM syndrome differentiation thinking. Firstly, the paper discusses the cognitive shift in syndrome differentiation research and then points out that working memory may be an important window reflecting TCM syndrome differentiation thinking. Based on this, we propose a working hypothesis for the cognitive neural mechanisms of TCM's yin-yang syndrome differentiation and design relevant cognitive neuroscience experimental protocols to explore how the brain engages in yin-yang syndrome differentiation thinking using techniques such as event-related potential and functional magnetic resonance imaging. The implementation of this research pathway can clarify the intrinsic cognitive neural mechanisms of syndrome differentiation thinking, provide evaluation indicators for TCM syndrome differentiation thinking from cognitive neuroscience, and provide cognitive principles to support the cultivation of syndrome differentiation ability of TCM talents. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]