Split-brain

Bennett Brain Science In this unit I will be investigating the structure of the brain. The human brain is responsible for everything that happens in our bodies. On average the brain weighs 1.5 kilograms. It is one the most complex organs in the human body. The brain controls everything from coordinating movements to constructing sentences and even simple things like breathing. The brain is supplied with oxygen to keep it alive by a network of blood vessels. Structure of the brain The brain is…

have one thing in common: a unique nervous system. What makes an olympic athlete’s brain anatomy different from a regular athlete? What changes take place in their brain and its connecting peripheral nerves? And can anyone become an olympic athlete? The human body is capable of making changes to itself to adapt to different environments and specific tasks. Not only do the muscles in our body change but also our brain and certain structures in it evolve to cater to external demands that are…

For several years, people have chewed gum without giving the act much thought. Gum chewing is a popular practice that has been around for hundreds of years, but it often receives a bad reputation. Some consider it to be loud, annoying, and impolite. And when not disposed of properly, gum can leave a sticky, awful mess. Although there are some negatives associated with chewing gum, this seemingly horrible habit may not be that bad. Research shows that the act of chewing gum has some surprising…

degrees of binocular vision. Orbits ringed with bone. 6. Reduction of the olfactory apparatus. 7. Loss of certain elements of the primitive mammalian dentition. Preservation of a simple molar cusp pattern. 8. Progressive expansion and elaboration of the brain, especially of the cerebral cortex. 9. Progressive and increasingly efficient development of gestational processes. Considering each of these features in…

complex framework involving our eyes, senses and brain interpretation. An eight-week course scratches the surface of the abundant knowledge there is to be had. This essay will answer some of the behaviors in which vision works and how it affects many areas of our daily lives. 1. Provide an explanation of how our eyes take in visual information and how mind interprets, processes and remembers that data. Many variables affect what the eye sees, the brain interprets and what is remembered. Part of…

her arguments she uses logos to make them factual, while describing the malleability of the human mind, she cites research conducted by Harvard medical school, "There, a group of adult volunteers, none of whom could previously play the piano, were split into three groups. The first...given…

introspection explains that the mind and body are two entirely separate states and therefore cannot be identical to one another. Descartes’ rationale behind the argument is that the body is separable because it can be physically transformed such as being split in half. The mind however is indivisible because in accordance to his stance, it is not a physical property. Descartes concluded that if two objects do not share identical characteristics then they could not be the…

Technology has always been a big part of our daily lives even before technology was not considered something electrical. However, more recently technology, specifically entertainment technology, plays a bigger part than ever before. Originally when entertainment technology was just appearing in households with items like the television and the AtariⓇ it was fine to watch the television with the family or to have the kids play video-games. Nowadays it is common to see parents giving their…

The purpose of our senses has to do with how our brain works with our body. All the senses in our body are created from the information that goes into the brain. The deeper view on the senses is perception. It creates a much bigger picture on how we view our five sense. The way that we perceive why we do what we do is perspective. All these objectives go with what we do in our everyday lives. As a class we all experienced these senses as we went to The Metropolitan Museum of Art and experienced…

one tasks at a time. In our lecture the concepts the Capacity Theory and the Dual Task was discussed about. The Capacity Theory is the idea that cognitive resources are divided amongst the task an individual pays attention to. In other words, our brain has limited attention to what we can focus to. This theory correlates to Dual Task. Dual Task states that there is an overload attention when a individual is performing two tasks. For example, I found out that it became hard for the strange to…