What Happens Inside Our Brain?

When Riley is faced with the major problem of her core memories, starting to shut down she starts to truly lose herself. Riley’s core memories fuel five islands that make up her personality, Hockey island, Honesty island, Friendship island, Family island, and Goofball island. Her core memories are based on times in her life that were significant to her, without them she does not really know who she is. Depression is the most common Mental illness, twentysix percent of adult people in the United States are diagnosed with it ("Mental Health Basics"). This movie does a really nice job of showing how irritable and dark a person can be when they are depressed. In the movie there is a part where Riley freaks out at her dad, getting mad, when all he did was ask how her day was at school. Throughout the movie she turns from a happy-loving girl to a sad quiet one. Depression is not when people find sadness when they are sad but find sadness when they are happy, I think this is perfectly portrayed in the movie. For example, Riley remembers a time on their trip where her father forgot to put the car in park and it rolled down the hill, at first she thought it was such a funny memory, but as she thought of it more she became sad because of how mad her father was about the

Joy and Sadness lands in Riley’s Long Term Memory and Joy frantically tries to find a way back to headquarters, while Anger Fear and Disgust ties to take care of Riley emotionally. One by one, Riley’s personality land slowly crumbles away. Fearing for the worst, Joy and Sadness ventures into different parts of Riley’s mind from Imagination Land to the Subconscious. Afterwards, Joy accidentally falls into the Memory Dump and see precious memories fading away, finally, realizing Riley is truly

Inside Out is the story of a young girl, Riley, who is forced to work through her emotions when she leaves her old life in Minnesota for a new start in San Francisco. Riley 's Emotions are portrayed as little people inside her head and there are five of them: Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear, and Disgust. Three theories that have been discussed in class and that are present in the movie Inside Out are the Memory Consolidation theory, Wish-Fulfillment theory, and the Creativity theory. Another theory, that was not talked about in class, but is present in the movie is the Cognitive Appraisal theory. A more suitable theory for inclusion in the movie would have been the James-Lange theory of emotion. This theory would have helped clear up some of Riley’s more confusing memories showing emotion.

How does the brain work? Well first and foremost sex happens. We each begin as a single microscopic cell, the fertilized egg. Within only 12 hours after fertilization, the single cell begins to divide forming a small mass of homogeneous cells that continually divide to form the blastocyst. By a week or so, the ICM or emerging human embryo separates into 3 distinct cell layers, the ectoderm, the mesoderm, and the endoderm. As the cell layer thickens, it folds in on itself forming the neural groove, a thickened collection of cells form and from the 2nd-8th week, the ridges of the neural groove come together forming the neural tube. The neural tube is the beginning of the development of the brain. The anterior part of the neural tube consists

It is a rarity that I will change my mind regarding a movie, but this is one of those times. Disney/Pixar’s “Inside Out” was not only entertaining, but challenged the way that I look at emotions. It’s the kind of film that will stay with you even after you’ve left the theatre, and in doing so will spark you to recall memories from your own childhood. It avoids clichés that most animated films fall into, which makes it feel completely new and refreshing. The material is also accessible to everyone given its main content. Young Riley, our 11 year old heroine, is uprooted from her happy life in the Midwest to the bustling city of San Francisco. Her father has taken a new job, and must relocate the family. Riley, like most everyone, is guided specifically by her emotions which take place in the “control center” of her mind. Riley and her emotions, Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust, and Sadness struggle to navigate through a new home, new school, and new friends. The conflict comes when Sadness wants to play a bigger role in Riley’s life, but is constantly pushed to the side by Joy. Joy, voiced perfectly by the very talented Amy Poehler, is a yellow, almost fairy-like character reminiscent of a more mature Tinkerbell. Sadness (Phyllis Smith) is recessive, soft-spoken, and, as one would imagine, blue. Fear is voiced by the extremely versatile actor, Bill Hader. He is a lanky, purple, almost bug-eyed character whose body could almost be described as a question mark. Fear, of course, tends

When Riley does something fun Joy is the one behind it. Joy also controls the other emotions, well providing them with guidance and assistance whenever she can. Joy helps Riley by making her think happy thoughts, helping her get over her fears, and by helping her to use her emotions to the best of her abilities.

As the film begins, it is clear from the start that the emotions care a great deal for Riley. As the primary emotion, Joy takes it upon herself to be the leader of the group and does everything in her power to make sure every moment of Riley’s day is a happy one. Sadness, voiced by Phyllis Smith, is not sure of her purpose in Riley’s mind, so her fellow emotions attempt to keep her involvement to a minimum, in fear of putting a damper on Riley’s mood. The rest of the emotions, Anger (Lewis Black), Disgust (Mindy Kaling), and Fear (Bill Hader), keep Riley’s life fair, poison free, physically and socially, and safe, respectively (Inside Out). A stand out character who appears is Bing Bong, voiced by Richard Kind, Riley’s imaginary friend from when she was a

This is shown when Sadness adds blue hues to the originally yellow hued images of Riley’s memories of her life in Minnesota. This shows that our current emotions often shape what we remember of the past. Sadness serves several functions in the film, but most importantly, it allows Riley to recognize that the changes she is going through have created loss. One might be inclined to think of sadness as a state of inaction, but in “Inside Out,” as in real life, sadness and anger prompts people to comfort and help. We see this in Riley’s first angry outburst at the dinner table that leads to Riley to be sent to her room.

Joy is the engine that gets the rest of the emotions happy. Also, she always knows what to do when Riley is upset. Since Joy is the main emotion and always knows what to do, she is seen as the leader throughout the movie. Furthermore, since her main emotion is Joy that is a majority of Riley’s personality. The other emotions have key roles too, but nothing as big as Joy’s. Joy also takes the blame whenever Riley is upset and tries to figure out what she can do to help make her happy. Everyone has a different personality in this world and it just depends what emotions they let control their lives. If they let anger dictate a lot of their life they are going to be an angry person a majority of the time and their personality will have to deal with anger. If they are sad and let sadness dictate themselves as a person and they are always crying over things that make them sad, their personality is going to revolve around being sad. Also, if someone is always happy and brings joy to everything they do. That person is going to have a joyful personality. Everyone is different in their own way. The results of these personalities and what emotion is seen the most regularly deals with the people they put yourself around and the ones that raised them. In The Achievement Habit, Roth explains, “we are influenced by our teachers and parents” (196). He is saying that we are influenced a lot by the people we surround ourselves with and never try to be

“I not only use the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow.”, Woodrow Wilson had once said. Although we cannot borrow other people’s brains, our own brains can do many things. The brain is the very thing that helps people survive. Do you ever recall telling your heart to keep beating? I don’t remember doing that before. It is your brain that does that for you. “Your brain is the boss of you.” (Your Brain and Nervous System). How does the brain work?

Pixar takes a leap of faith after two years since its last movie; “Inside Out” brings new levels of imagination in taking kids of all ages inside the mind of Riley, an 11-year-old-girl. The preteen, who is undoubtedly at her puberty stage, is controlled by 5 core emotions inside her head, or “Control tower”: Joy, Sadness, Disgust, Anger, and Fear. These 5 control Riley’s emotions as if they were a pilot of a plane, with numerous buttons and knobs everywhere. Riley is a happy girl, all thanks to Joy who usually controls much of the work while keeping Sadness, Disgust, Anger and Fear in their places; Until Joy gets sucked out of the control tower, leaving Riley to constantly crumble and stress out.

In my opinion, another emotional concept shown in the film can be hope and love. Riley was always hoping for everything to get in place. The first day, when she first enters the house she was disappointed. The house was nothing than what she expected. Instead of getting her emotions down, she saw it from a positive point of view. She can now design her room however she likes. She had hopes that everything was going to get in place and she would have at least a similar life. Love was another emotion shown in the film. Riley was always showing the love she has for her parents and the people she left behind. Her family plays an important role in her emotions since they were always looking for was to support her. They wanted what is best for her.

The Pixar movie Inside Out received praise for being one of the first movies to center on the inner workings of a child’s mind. The movie is about Riley, an 11-year old girl and how she deals emotionally with having to move away from her home and the events that transpire after. The entertaining part of the movie is that the emotions – Joy, Sadness, Disgust, Anger, and Fear – are portrayed anthropomorphically.

For decades, scientists have been wondering how the brain is capable of producing and understanding abstract concepts. What makes the brain of a genius, take Steven Hawking or Albert Einstein, different from any regular person? Can this level of genius be achieved through training, or does it have to do with the way each individual’s brain is wired? Scientists are working to prove that the brain is ultimately wired different depending on the individual. Extensive research is being done, and all of the results point to one overall hypothesis—

The film Inside Out (2015) produced and directed by Pixar Animation Studios and Walt Disney Pictures, is a movie based on the emotions of a 11-year-old girl called Riley. The film’s principal characters are five emotions located in Riley’s brain. These emotions are Joy, Sadness, Disgust, Fear, and Anger. All of them work together inside Riley’s mind to accomplish one goal: Her Happiness. Everything revolves around Riley because she is facing a hard move with her family from Minnesota to San Francisco, leading to big changes around his life, attitude, and behavior. Most of the movie is set inside Riley’s mind, where the emotions operate her brain’s control center. The film explains that our brain has functions that control our responses to certain situations, and the ways that we handle these situations are controlled by our emotions. Also, it explains that our personalities and identities are defined by certain emotions, which shape how we handle and express to specific situations. The decisions and actions that the emotions choose to do in Riley’s life will drive the plot. Inside Out (2015) will not only explain through its colors, lighting, and camera shots the storyline of the movie, but also the importance of emotions and how they play a big role in our lives.