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I don’t disagree with your statement that environmental factors, etc. affect behavior, but it’s also important to be aware of how they alter the brain. For example, brain scans of patients receiving treatment for OCD have shown that both cognitive behavioral therapy and drug therapy produce the same changes in the brain. It’s also interesting to note how behavior itself can alter the brain. I think the brain is intricately linked with all behavior, but we simply lack the tools at this time to understand its full capabilities.

I agree with an above poster that people don’t give the brain enough credit. Current research, to me at least, increasingly suggests that the brain is involved in everything we do. Our environment influences our behavior, yes, but I believe this influence is mediated through the brain.

So I guess I agree with brain = behavior, but I’m also torn because I don’t fully agree with Emily Dickinson’s view.