திருக்குறள் காட்டும் பெரியாரைத் துணைக்கோடல்: நவீன மூளைநரம்பியல் மற்றும் அறிவாற்றல் முதிர்ச்சி கோட்பாடுகளின் வழி ஓர் ஆய்வு: Thirukkural - Seeking the Support of the Great: An Investigation through the Lens of Modern Neuroscience and Cognitive Maturity Theories

பேரா.மரு.எம். ஏ. அலீம்

doi:10.63300/tm12032026.02

திருக்குறள் காட்டும் பெரியாரைத் துணைக்கோடல்: நவீன மூளைநரம்பியல் மற்றும் அறிவாற்றல் முதிர்ச்சி கோட்பாடுகளின் வழி ஓர் ஆய்வு

Thirukkural - Seeking the Support of the Great: An Investigation through the Lens of Modern Neuroscience and Cognitive Maturity Theories

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Prof. Dr. M. A. Aleem Neurologist Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan Medical College, Siruvachur and ABC Hospital, Tiruchirappalli. Author

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https://doi.org/10.63300/tm12032026.02

Keywords:

Seeking the Support of the Great, Thirukkural, Neuroscience, Cognitive Reappraisal, HAROLD Model, Prefrontal Cortex

Abstract

Thiruvalluvar emphasizes through the chapter ‘Seeking the Support of the Great’ (Chapter 45) that it is appropriate to take elders, who excel in experience and wisdom, as one's advisors, guides, and companions. The purpose of this paper is to examine this ethical principle against the background of modern scientific domains, namely Neuroscience and Cognitive Aging. Although the maturation of the human brain faces white matter degeneration, it strengthens experiential knowledge and personality through integrated neural activity of both hemispheres (HAROLD model) and advanced cognitive reappraisal. Drawing upon primary textbooks in the field—Kandel's Principles of Neural Science, Gazzaniga's Cognitive Neuroscience, and Kolb & Whishaw's Fundamentals of Human Neuropsychology—the neuroscientific and psychological foundations of 10 couplets are analyzed in detail here.

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Prof. Dr. M. A. Aleem, Neurologist Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan Medical College, Siruvachur and ABC Hospital, Tiruchirappalli.

பேரா.மரு.எம். ஏ. அலீம், மூளை நரம்பியல் நிபுணர், தனலட்சுமி ஸ்ரீனிவாசன், மருத்துவக்கல்லூரி, சிறுவாச்சூர் மற்றும் ABC மருத்துவமனை, திருச்சி.

Prof. Dr. M. A. Aleem^*, Neurologist Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan Medical College, Siruvachur and ABC Hospital, Tiruchirappalli.

Orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4556-8826

*Correspondence: drmaaleem@hotmail.com. Tel: +919944241270

References

[1]. Cabeza, Roberto, Lars Nyberg, and Denise C. Park, editors. Cognitive Neuroscience of Aging: Linking Cognitive and Cerebral Aging. 2nd ed., Oxford University Press, 2016.

[2]. Gazzaniga, Michael S., Richard B. Ivry, and George R. Mangun. Cognitive Neuroscience: The Biology of the Mind. 5th ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2019.

[3]. Kandel, Eric R., John D. Koester, Sarah H. Mack, and Steven A. Siegelbaum, editors. Principles of Neural Science. 6th ed., McGraw-Hill, 2021.

[4]. Kolb, Bryan, and Ian Q. Whishaw. Fundamentals of Human Neuropsychology. 8th ed., Worth Publishers, 2021.

[5]. Thiruvalluvar. Thirukkural with Commentary by M. Varadarajan. Thiruvalluvar Pathippagam, 2009.

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08/01/2026

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Vol. 12 No. 03 (2026): August 2026

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திருக்குறள் காட்டும் பெரியாரைத் துணைக்கோடல்: நவீன மூளைநரம்பியல் மற்றும் அறிவாற்றல் முதிர்ச்சி கோட்பாடுகளின் வழி ஓர் ஆய்வு: Thirukkural - Seeking the Support of the Great: An Investigation through the Lens of Modern Neuroscience and Cognitive Maturity Theories. (2026). Tamilmanam International Research Journal of Tamil Studies, 12(03), 13-26. https://doi.org/10.63300/tm12032026.02