Inside your skull is about one and a halfkilos of meat that somehow manages to keep you breathing, help you remember where your wallet is and remind you which is the best hole to put your lunch in not that One.
And you know what, maths tests aside, it normally does a pretty decent job of stuff. But when you are dealing with something so unbelievably complicated, among the billions of humans all over the planet, you’re occasionally going to have some pretty unusual brain anomalies.
There’s the obvious ones like amnesia and dyslexia but today we’re looking at naughty neurons, peculiar pathways and confusing consciousness; we’re looking at unbelievable brain disorders.
Riley Day sounds like an awful 90s pop star but it’s actually a genetic condition, …show more content…
A lot of people say they’re bad at making decisions and might spend ten minutes gnawing at their finger nails as their eyes jump from chocolate cake to cheesecake… Obviously chocolate cake, but this is much worse than that. Decision making involves various parts of the brain and varies depending on the type of choice, for example it’s a different process for a free choice such as “what’s your favourite sandwich?” compared to a closed choice such as “beer or cider”. With Aboulomania, the sufferers massively over-analyze the options, always thinking of the worst outcomes and so manage to talk themselves out of ever doing anything, effectively becoming socially …show more content…
Alien Hand Syndrome was first documented in Germany in 1908 and has since been most commonly associated with people who’ve had the two hemispheres of their brain surgically separated, often as a cure for epilepsy. But it can also occur after various brain conditions like Alzheimer’s, tumors and so on. With Alien Hand Syndrome, one hand moves purposefully, seemingly of its own will and the owner of the hand can do nothing to stop it no matter how hard they try.
The brain is unbelievably complicated and we never know what unusual brain syndrome will manifest itself, out of the blue. So, if you’re worried that you’ll never stop smoking weed in your bedroom, playing Call of Duty and skipping on the housework, maybe just keep sticking it out until the world finally recognizes your “Faulty-Motivational-Syndrome” and you might get the sympathy you richly
And you know what, maths tests aside, it normally does a pretty decent job of stuff. But when you are dealing with something so unbelievably complicated, among the billions of humans all over the planet, you’re occasionally going to have some pretty unusual brain anomalies.
There’s the obvious ones like amnesia and dyslexia but today we’re looking at naughty neurons, peculiar pathways and confusing consciousness; we’re looking at unbelievable brain disorders.
Riley Day sounds like an awful 90s pop star but it’s actually a genetic condition, …show more content…
A lot of people say they’re bad at making decisions and might spend ten minutes gnawing at their finger nails as their eyes jump from chocolate cake to cheesecake… Obviously chocolate cake, but this is much worse than that. Decision making involves various parts of the brain and varies depending on the type of choice, for example it’s a different process for a free choice such as “what’s your favourite sandwich?” compared to a closed choice such as “beer or cider”. With Aboulomania, the sufferers massively over-analyze the options, always thinking of the worst outcomes and so manage to talk themselves out of ever doing anything, effectively becoming socially …show more content…
Alien Hand Syndrome was first documented in Germany in 1908 and has since been most commonly associated with people who’ve had the two hemispheres of their brain surgically separated, often as a cure for epilepsy. But it can also occur after various brain conditions like Alzheimer’s, tumors and so on. With Alien Hand Syndrome, one hand moves purposefully, seemingly of its own will and the owner of the hand can do nothing to stop it no matter how hard they try.
The brain is unbelievably complicated and we never know what unusual brain syndrome will manifest itself, out of the blue. So, if you’re worried that you’ll never stop smoking weed in your bedroom, playing Call of Duty and skipping on the housework, maybe just keep sticking it out until the world finally recognizes your “Faulty-Motivational-Syndrome” and you might get the sympathy you richly