Have you ever taken time to think about how your brain thinks thoughts? The perplexity of how this mass conjures up random thought has puzzled me for a while now, ever since I did some deep study on it in my anatomy class last year. The brain develops the older a person gets, continually storing years of memory. Its physiology stuns me, and the fact that it fuels our basic thought processes and allows for new knowledge to come in daily is nothing short of amazing.
As I have made mention of in my earlier post, memory is a strange thing to think about. We can live an event, totally forget about it, and then, once something comes along to remind us, our brain helps us remember again. It’s truly fascinating. As you know, memory is caused by the lump of mass in your skull, the brain. If you were to look at the brain, as I have in anatomy class, you would be shocked to see that it looks incredibly basic. Since I am only in high school, I can safely say I do not know much about anatomy and physiology, and if you told me to tell you the difference between a chunk of brain and a chunk of another random organ, I could not.
Also, it’s stunning that this one mass can control all of the body’s function. Not only so, but the brain also allows us to multitask, something that sends my deep wonder for the brain’s function into a respecting awe. Even right now, while writing this, I can have thoughts about school, working, or what is for dinner for that matter, while still having continual thoughts about plenty of other things.
The brain’s control over emotions is something I have an entirely different respect for. Beyond that, we as people have totally different emotions and levels of emotional thought. This allows for us to have different views on subjects and separate sets of values from each other. As I keep saying, the brain and its function are truly fascinating. This video explains some of the parts of the brain in typical 1990's cartoon fashion.
I really liked this blog. I have wondered how the brain does so many things and how it works before too. I have to take anatomy next trimester so I'm sure I will learn some of this information as well. I can also see how this would connect to your other post. Good job!
ReplyDeleteI actually thought about doing a blog sometime about the brain because it is so fascinating. You made very good points about its functions and capabilities such as multitasking. After I read that part, I noticed how I was thinking about other things at the same time as reading. I really don't know how that can occur, but we do it all of the time without realizing it. This is highly mind boggling indeed.
ReplyDeleteThis is so funny because my blog too talks a lot about memories. As i was blogging about how I have so many memories from my previous years in high school and now I'm aware of how they work. I too would think that this is some complex model with some sort of huge explanation. Therefore, I am shocked to know that it is a lump and looks basic. This blog is not only informative but interesting.
ReplyDeleteI find it interesting that all my memories are contained in a lump in my brain. It is interesting how my brain can process and project my thoughts as if they were only yesterday, when in reality, they were many years ago. I might just need to talk to you about this more, to gain a larger understanding of this.
ReplyDeleteNice Blog, sometimes we take for granted how amazing our brain is. I studied it briefly last semester in psychology and it really is amazing all the processes your brain goes through to store memory and how quickly that thought comes back to you.
ReplyDeleteGood topic and also a good thing to be interested in. I didn't really know anything about the thought process or any of the psych, until i took some psychology classes here at Mott. Its amazing how much we learn about ourselves and how much we can compare what were learning to real things in our everyday life.
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