Does The Brain Work

Since the 19th Century, many psychologist have tried to find out the same answer of how the brain works. But since then, psychology has pronged into many different perspectives. The goal of psychology is to describe, predict and control behavior. These perspectives include: Structuralism, Functionalism, Gestalt psychology, Behavioral Psychology, Psychoanalytic, Humanistic, Physiological Psychology, Evolutionary Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Diversity, Environment Population and Conservation, and Modern Psychology. Modern Psychology is an eclectic approach to psychology it does not deal with a specific study. But instead, modern psychologist use different methods such as: Research Methods, Case Study, Naturalistic Observation, Correlation, Survey, Experiment, and Qualified Research. The human brain is very complex, and although we have come a long way we still have not revealed all of the hidden mysteries of the brain. The video we watched dealt with the topic question, “How Does the Brain Work?” …show more content…
The brain can contemplate the vastness of the universe, but be fooled by a simple coin trick.” Neuroscientists Susan Martinez-Conde and Stephen Macknick pair together to try to find out the answer to the question of how does the brain decide what to pay attention to, so they went to Apollo Robbins a magician. (Not only is Robbins a magician, but he is known for underhandedness). Neuroscientists know a lot about how the brain works and what it is constructed of, but they do not know how the brain decides what to pay attention