Split-brain

This article incorporated every counterargument that could be made against emotional intelligence. Matthews, Zeidner, and Roberts started with a biological approach as they target specific brain systems and how “EI” is incorporated with these parts. These psychologists outline three different constraints on biological models and how they work. Moving on to the next section of their argument, they talk about the cognitive bases and how goes…

Mapping the Brain, written by Sharon Begley, focuses on how the brain has specific tasks for each of the divided sections. In the article, Begley (1992) uses an analogy to explain how different regions of the brain have distinct roles and are in control of different tasks. Specifically, the brain is compared to a map. Begley (1992) declares, “[The maps] will show . . . where in the brain cognition, feelings, language and everything else that makes us human comes from” (p. 66). This means that…

He says how the information flows into peoples’ brains, just like water or a sea. He uses phrases such as “channels of information”, “in a swiftly moving stream of particles”, “sea of words”, and “sea change” (112). Information is always written in this style to show how heavy the influence it has, especially…

Why is critical thinking essential to biological psychology? Intro In this essay I will be explaining the meaning of critical thinking and biological psychology, I will write about how critical thinking is used in biological psychology, examples of theories will be included and discussed in detail, thirdly I will evaluate the importance of critical thinking in biological psychology, to do this I will be using examples of theories and findings for me to highlight the effects of lack of…

discussed two areas of the brain; the frontal cortex and the midbrain. I learned that in non-addicted brains the frontal or prefrontal cortex is the part of the brain that affects decision making. Some of the examples given in the documentary were that the frontal cortex helps humans to decide who we love, who we want to be friends with, and that the frontal cortex directs our moral compass. Essentially the job of the frontal cortex is decision making. In a non-addicted brain, the midbrain or…

habits and they are drawn to.”Mimicry in humans reflects social cues.” The author's findings suggest that the brain relies on social…

now we can not even do it. We are to attach to the technology that it is draining our brains . We now see students researching for articles, but instead of reading they just skim read and use the ideas from the internet for their paper. With technology we see students not reading the whole paper like before without technology we would read the whole paper. Carr explains this when he says that our brain is in between observation and attentiveness on how we view the information on the…

Music affects two parts in the brain called the hippocampus and the frontal cortex. These areas are in charge of memories. They also are constantly taking in information on a person surroundings and situations. Most memories don’t simply come when a person want them to. Music helps the brain provide a rhyme and rhythm to help unlock the memory with help from certain cues in the music. This is why on certain songs…

Rationalist’s understanding of the mind/body problem typically states that everything we do and say should have a background of knowledge and reason rather than impulse and emotions. All the different types of rationality holds belief that the world is a rationally ordered whole the parts of which are linked by logical necessity and the structure of which is therefore intelligible. Defensibly, rationalist would argue that innate knowledge does not require input of any kind. Empiricists believe…

Researchers have found that music can have extremely positive effects on academic achievement in core subjects; reading, language, math, etc. In 2008 a series of essays were published; the author of these essays agreed that music is a “cross-cultural universal” (Perlovsky). Studies have found the development of creativity enhances the development of cognitive abilities and vice versa (Gouzouasis). Some sources assert that music has significant effects on the academic achievement of students of…