Split-brain

The central nervous system consists of the brain and the spinal cord and is responsible for the majority of the functions of the body and mind (What is the Central Nervous System?). The brain and spinal cord contain two types of tissue, grey matter, which originates and processes nerve impulses; and white matter, which transmits them (Structure and Function). The brain, weighing less than 3 pounds and perhaps one of the most complicated objects in the entire…

and maize, which happened approximately 10,500 to 5,500 years ago. Each of these alterations to our diet led to paramount shifts in the human race. The first of these dietetic movements, the invention of cooked food, has evidently led to larger brains, but at a cost. The earliest humans ate little more than what they could find…

topic is covered in The Magic of the Unconscious: Automatic Brain which contemplates just how much humans are actually aware of and how much we genuinely decide. The video goes into an in-depth analysis of the automatic brain. It shows just how complicated the many processes the human brain goes through each day, in fact at every second. Humans are immensely unaware of how powerful and controlling the automatic brain is. This part of our brain makes decisions before we can even begin to process…

transmits signals between different parts of the body. It has two components; the central nervous system and the peripheral nervous system. The nervous system is an intricate part of your body and life that 's made up of two separate systems, the brain, and spinal cord. During prenatal growth, the nervous system experiences many changes to gain its compound structure. The events of this early development include the growing of billions of neurons, axons, and the formation of…

The main three sections of the brain are the hindbrain, the limbic system, and the cerebral cortex. The hindbrain consists of the medulla which is directly above the spinal cord and controls breathing, heartbeat, and other vital life functions like the things we don’t have conscious control over. It also has pons which are in the uppermost level of the hindbrain and just above the medulla, they serve as a bridge and information from higher parts of the brain revels through these to get to the…

correlations between brain anatomy and the development of autism because a decrease in size of the cerebellum could be an indicator that the child has a disorder, specifically autism. Brain structural abnormalities were tested in an experiment done by Sparks, Friedman ,Shaw, et al., (2002) using 84 three to four year old children both with and without autism. There were 45 children with autism, 26 typically functioning children, and 14 developmentally delayed children. The brain morphometric…

states operate in a nonphysical reality. For the dualist, the way of thinking is an internal thinking on the inside that is private. I fully agree with Descartes’s concept of dualism. The mind is a lot more than chemical reactions going on in the brain. Thoughts, feelings, desire are all properties of the mind but not its parts. I…

In a study of brain damaged adults, they were found to be highly impaired at performing a spatial task but there performance on visual tasks were found to be above median (Della Sala et al, 1999). This is strong evidence for the visuo-spatial sketchpad being split into subcomponents. From looking at the brain, it is suggested that there could be different anatomical locations within the brain. This is one for spatial coding and one for the visual aspects of the brain (Jaiswal, Ray & Slobounov…

harmful to your brains cognitive function both now and in the future. Before I can explain to you how attempting to multitasking damages your cognitive function I will first need to explain a little about how the brain works. According to Summer Allen whenever someone is faced with a task completing t requires some amount of motivation and focus to do so. The part of the brain responsible for this motivation and focus is called the prefrontal cortex. The prefrontal cortex is split into two…

metaphysical world. However, with the fast paced development of modern age Science and further post enlightenment philosophy. There have been a number of challenges to Descartes’ position; such as the ontological reduction of the mind to the brain proposed by Mind-Brain Identity Theory. Descartes’ is known for his enlightenment, rationalist philosophy. Perhaps his most significant theory is his modern adaptation of Plato’s doctrine of antitheses. Plato supposed that the body belongs to the…