en Behavioral Neuroscience Behavioral Neuroscience Commentary Commentary <p style="text-align: justify;">In this article, we will discuss scientific aspects of an old Persian story, Simorgh, in the book of The Conference of the Birds. The story is fulfilled with artistic and philosophical metaphors that make sense in two hot topics of the contemporary modern sciences i.e. cognitive science and complexity science. The poet addresses some humanity&rsquo;s bygone concerns and fundamental questions about self, the quality that shapes a person&rsquo;s uniqueness, and essential existence. The sophisticated language used in the poem contains allusions, symbols, and implications that are interpreted in five main topics. We think that the story deserves to be the touchstone for questions on the nature of the mind, including the profound question of humanity&rsquo;s search for self and meaning of life.</p> Conference of birds,Art, Science,Brain, Mind 297 305 http://bcn.iums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1007-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Mohammad Reza Saebipour saebipour@gmail.com 13700319475328460016383 13700319475328460016383 No Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran. Marzieh Zare marziehzare@ipm.ir 13700319475328460016384 13700319475328460016384 Yes School of Computer Sciences, Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Kazem Ghaemi kazemghaemi@yahoo.com 13700319475328460016385 13700319475328460016385 No Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran. Mohammad Taghi Joghataie mt.joghataei@yahoo.com 13700319475328460016386 13700319475328460016386 No Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.