The Function Of The Brain

I started my education in Erie, Pennslyviana.I attend McDowell High. I would say that we were one of the richer schools were I live. I am going to talk about my first assignment Brainology. I thought it was very interesting and it thought me a lot about how some people have different mindsets.

The brains left and right hemisphere are filled mainly with axons connecting the cortex to the brains other regions

Research interested in social psychology showed that since people want to be more original, they tend to highlight their

Current research shows that mental events cause physical events, and scientists believe examining single nerves is the key to understanding how the brain works as a complete unit. Understanding the brain at the nerve cell level will allow scientists to understand how human consciousness works (Blakeslee, 1992). Furthermore, the brain's thalamus is identified as the possible sensory connector because it fires 40 impulses per second that sweep through the entire brain (Blakeslee, 1995a). These findings are a serious implication to Dualism because it states the mind is not physical. If the mind is not physical, it cannot affect the physical body, so the Dualist theory of two-sided interactions between the body and mind are false. The

The human nervous system consists of highly specialised cells called neurons. They transmit signals via chemical substances named neurotransmitters from one location to another across neuronal synapses (1-3). Neurotransmitters are stored in a vesicle prior to their release into synaptic cleft to activate the next population of neurons. Individual vesicle is capable of releasing neurotransmitter that exceeds the amount needed by the post-synaptic receptor (1). There are two main classes of neurotransmitters, named excitatory and inhibitory depending on their activity on the neurons. Neurons in the brain can be directly or indirectly influenced by each neurotransmitter, thus affecting behavioural response of an individual. One

It is better to express yourself and be different than to fit in and be indistinguishable from everyone else as it helps boost your confidence level and helps you evolve as an independent person. Individuality is a part of you, if you lose it, your personality and the way you think can change from you expressing yourself, to being mundane and monotone; just like other people.

The brain is a very resilient organ. It has an amazing capacity to change and adapt itself to new circumstances. Brain development peaks during young childhood and again during young adulthood. However, it has the capacity for improved function throughout life.

Because the brain is so paramount, it has many crucial responsibilities; It is accountable for all of major functions, including what people are able detect, regulations of vital functions, and how the body interacts with the world in which it inhabits. As far as detection goes, the brain is answerable to how an individual notices odors, light, sound, and pain. (Brain) In like manner, The mind of a person regulates integral functions: mankind is capable of phenomenons such as strategizing and reasoning, the ability to speak and communicate with one another, and the faculty to obtain memory, and to focus on an event or object. Instinctual things, such as suxual inclination and sleeping and eating regulations, are also dependant on stimulus from the human brain.

For the theory to be accepted though, the assumption that dissonance is psychologically uncomfortable must be agreed upon. Another assumption is that people prefer consonance to dissonance. People are pleased when there are no conflicts between their cognitive elements, because it creates harmony within the person. From here, Festinger proposed the major theoretic proposition of the theory that the higher the dissonance, the higher the drive to reduce it. The problem with any assumption is that the criterion has to be filled in order for the theory to work. If there is a person who does not feel psychologically uncomfortable with cognitive dissonance, the theory will not apply. These people do not fit into society and lead to many problems such as serial killers or random shooters.

As humans I think that we can find comfort in the fact that we are always trying to understand who we are. We look to our ethic, racial and cultural background for guidance in determining what makes us unique. We analyze our personality and our interests as it changes and our beliefs that mold us into the person that we believe we are meant to become. We try to create our own sense of uniqueness, yet try to stay inclusive with those we share common space with. Overall, I find that we are more the same then different, and those that we are mostly around, probable share a common interest, if not common personality traits.

Though the generation of functional neurons in the adult brain is tightly linked with brain plasticity and cognitive functions, the exact cellular and molecular cues governing neurogenesis in distinctive neural stem cell niches are not completely known. To note, the proliferative and/or differentiation properties of NSCs are known to be impaired in the ageing and neurodegenerative brains. However, the neurogenic potential of NSCs can positively be modulated by physical exercise, enriched environments, hormones, growth factors and pharmacological agents. While, NSC derived neurogensis represents the regenerative capacity of the adult brain, stimulating the NSCs can compensate neuronal dysfunction and neurodegeneration. Thus, the motor and cognitive

This week we are learning about discovery and exploration and I believe the discovery and exploration of the brain are as immense as discovering and exploring the Universe. In” Psychology: Advances in neuroscience ("Secrets of the Brain," National Geographic, Feb 2014)”, author, Carl Zimmer, gives us a tour of some of the amazing research into the brain and the many immense leaps forward scientists are making in the area.

The ability to solve problems, which often depends on flexible thinking and the ability to correctly express language are both controlled by the frontal lobes. The left is most predominantly language related while the right is most predominantly non-verbal. the left brain is the source of logic, which tends to be language based, and the right is creative, which tends to be non-verbal

The human brain is a very complex organ which has conquered the minds of many for the wonders it consistently propagates in terms of rationality, morality, sociol functioning, executive functioning and other attributes.

You live and you learn, from the moment that we breathe our first breath, we are assimilating and are acquiring information. Life changing and profound learning experiences happen before we can even speak, as children our learning process is grandiose. Harvard University published a series of summaries on Child development. One of these articles mentions that “The basic architecture of the brain is constructed through an ongoing process that begins before birth and continues into adulthood.” ("InBrief: The Science of Early Childhood Development," n.d.).