The Tell-Tale Brain

In the article titled, “Secrets of the Brain” published in the February 2014 issue of National Geographic, we learn that there have been many advances in understanding the inner workings of our brains. One of the leading scentists, Van Weeden, is working hard to understand the connections that occur within our heads.

While on patrol, I was parked in the entrance to Mansard's plaza, facing E Ridge Rd, monitoring traffic. A female in a silver pickup truck pulled into the lot and flagged me down. The female pointed towards a white and maroon Corvette traveling east on Ridge Rd and stated that she believes the driver may be intoxicated. I immediately pulled onto Ridge Rd and got behind the Corvette. As I was following the Corvette east on Ridge, another vehicle with a male driver pulled up to the side of me and shouted out the window, "That guy is drunk". I then observed the Corvette to weave from the outside lane to the center lane, without signaling. The vehicle then abruptly swerved back into the outside lane, without signaling. The vehicle then came to

The human brain is an amazing device. It controls everything we do. It controls our bodies, how we communicate, how we function. Our brains our

Let us take a journey to understanding the power of the brain. According to Dr. Ramachandran, “The brain has around 100 billion neurons, and is so complex that its calculation possibilities exceed the particles in the universe” (Rawlene, 2014). The mind is a complex machine, which we are still trying to understand today. Dr. Ramachandran, a leading world neurologist, has revolutionized the neurology field with his discoveries in the brain functionality. Dr. Ramachandran has had some fantastic breakthroughs with the study of phantom limb syndrome, blindsight disorder, visual neglect condition, capgras syndrome, and temporal lobe epilepsy.

This weeks reading discussed the brain and many complicated factors that go along with it. The brain has been an important area of study for decades and there are many different perspectives when it comes to how it works. Brain imaging, like what is discussed in the reading provided by Dr. Gordon Rose entitled "Postcards From the Brain" has shown us more information about how the brain works, but it has also led to many perspectives related to how consciousness works, and hard versus easy problems in the brain. It debates whether hard problems even exist. Furthermore, the reading provided, also describes language in a baby's brain, how mimicry works, and disorders throughout human development. These sections all involve slightly different perspectives when it comes to how our mind works.

Every behavior begins with biology. Our behaviors, as well as our thoughts and feelings, are produced by the actions of our brains, nerves, muscles, and glands. In this chapter we will begin our journey into the world of psychology by considering the biological makeup of the human being, including the most remarkable of human organs—the brain. We’ll consider the structure of the brain and also the methods that psychologists use to study the brain and to understand how it works.

The human brain is a powerful and complex system that controls every individual’s actions. In Mind Wide Open: Your Brain and the Neuroscience of Everyday Life, the author, Steven Johnson discusses the brain’s role in everyday life. By integrating experiments and personal experiences with the neuroscience of everyday life, Stephen Johnson gives the reader a new understanding of the brain. The book begins with insight into the mind reading abilities humans possess. Johnson explains that humans have an instinctual ability to read the emotions of other people.

Many of the features that distinguish Homo erectus from other hominin species—both earlier and later species—are seen in the skull. The average brain size of Homo erectus is estimated to have been roughly 900 cubic centimeters (cc.), which is larger than Homo habilis, but smaller than that of Homo heidelbergensis and other later forms. The size of the Homo erectus brain is negligibly larger than in Homo habilis when it is considered as in relation to body size—i.e., brain size increased substantially in Homo erectus, but, because body size also increased, the relative size of the Homo erectus brain is not considerably larger than that of Homo habilis. The absolute in brain size, however, caused changes in the brain case; for instance, the

All behaviour is provided by the nervous system from a blinking eye to talking. Everything we do relies on the integration of numerous processes within the body, which is controlled by the nervous system (Atkinson et al. 1990). It wasn’t until the late 19th Century with the development of stronger magnifying lenses and staining techniques that the nervous system could be looked at in detail (Wickens, 2005). The integrating units of the nervous system are specialized cells called neurons. There are approximately 1 billion neurons in a human brain. What makes them more astonishing is that each single neuron is connected with around 10,000 others (Wickens,

After watching an hour-long documentary of “The Brain with David Eagleman: The Reality” I have learned that our brain is this system that sends signals throughout our body in order for our senses to actually work. For each sense, the brain works differently and because of that, we can understand

The human brain is utterly baffling. A small organ weighing merely three pounds as an adult has the ability to control and shape a human’s life. Without it there would be nothing. There are so many different functions… and with that there are so many things that can go horribly wrong. It is amazing the capacities and that it possesses and we do not even realize it. That is why studying neurology and working on the treatment of neurological disorders is so critically important. Through the examination of Huntington’s disease, Bell’s Palsy, and Aphasia, neurologists can work to better the human mind and cure the diseases that attack it, which will infinitely enhance the lives of humans and create a brighter future for us all.

This, I led me too a love of psychology. How wonderful was it that there was a whole science devoted just to that one mystical organ? Studying the brain, we can unlock the doors to human

In the brain there is a threefold structure theory, that explains our feelings, acts of survival, and higher thinking; each of which is found in the human brain. The earliest structure that is part of the Triune Brain Theory called “reptilian brain” concerns the idea that our most basics needs of survival (Brehove 10). Next the paleomammalian complex is the intermediate part of the brain that allows for emotion, motivation, and pleasure, which all impact the a organism characteristic behavior (Brehove 11). Finally the neomammalian complex (the most new step) is about two thirds of the brain's mass, which allows for higher thinking capacity. Each of these steps, helps us not only understand our emotions of others but it pieces together or needs

The human brain is a mystery that has been studied for centuries in attempt to understand how it functions. Scientists first thought that the brain was a structure that functioned a whole. It was in the early 1600’s where the first ideas of localisation of function in the brain started. At this time Rene Descartes discovered a tiny structure called the pineal

Human behavior has been a mystery to scientists and psychologists for years. What causes humans to act the way they do? Is it learned by experience, or inherited from prior generations? The human brain is a complex machine driven by numerous intangibles that influence our thinking process directly and indirectly.