The human brain is the main organ of the human nervous system.
It is located in the head,
protected by the skull. It has the same general structure as the brains of other mammals,
but with a more developed cerebral cortex. Although the brain is an amazing organ, its not
equipped to process the billions of bits of information that bombard it every second. That is
why we need to learn something slowly so that the brain can have time to processed the
new information that we have. Filters are needed when we are getting a lot of new
information. Filters in your brain protect it from becoming overloaded. These filters control
the information flow so that only approximately 2,000 bits of information per second enter
the brain.
The Thinking Brain and the Reactive Brain
Once our brain get new information, it will go through two areas which are:
1. The prefrontal cortex
what we might call the thinking brain, which can consciously process and reflect on
information
2. The lower, automatic brain
what we might call the reactive brain, which reacts to information instinctively rather
than through thinking.
It is very important not to be stressed while learning or studying because when we are not
in that state we can control the information that get into our brain. By calming your brain,
you can control which sensory data from your environment your brain lets in or keeps out
and influence which information gets admitted to your prefrontal cortex.
The emotion level of an individual also affected the information by :
When your stress levels are down and your interest is high, the most valuable
information tends to pass into your thinking brain.
When you are anxious, sad, frustrated, or bored, brain filters conduct sensory
information from the world around you into your reactive brain.
So, the reactive brain systems do one of three things with the information:
i. Ignore it or fight against it as a negative experience (sending signals that may
cause you to act inappropriately)
ii. Avoid it (causing you to daydream). If information gets routed to this reactive brain,
its unlikely your brain will truly process the information or remember it.
Map of the human brain (A function by
region)
Even the brain cannot be seen virtuality but still it holds very important part for our body
function. Not only that, we also need to avoid any damages of our brain because even just a little
bit of damages in our brain it will bring effect to our whole body. Each part of the brain play an
important roles in our life. That is why we need to take care of our brain just like we taking care
our bodyThe function of each part of lobes in the brain are:
Lobes
Frontal Lobe
Functions
Damages
Motor functions.
Higher
functions,
movement in various
order
areas
conscious
Planning and problem
of
the
body
(Paralysis).
thought.
Weakness or loss of
Difficulty with fine
motor skills.
solving.
Inability to plan a
sequence
of
movements needed to
complete daily tasks
(Sequencing).
Problems with vision.
Occipital Lobe
Visual perception.
Color recognition.
Depth perception.
Motion detection
Difficulty
with
identifying colors.
Inability to recognize
words, drawn objects,
or
movement
of
objects.
Difficulty
locating
with
objects
environment.
in
Difficulty recognizing
familiar faces, loss of
visual memory.
Temporal Lobe
Hearing
ability
and
of
visual
auditory perception.
perception,
Understanding spoken
with recognizing faces
language and rhythm.
(Prosopagnosia).
Memory
acquisition
Some
difficulty
Disturbance
of
auditory sensation and
and learning.
Disorders
perception,difficulty
visual
with
perception.
understanding
speech
(Wernicke's
Aphasia).
Disturbance
selective
with
attention
ofauditory and visual
input.
Short-term
memory
loss
impaired
and
long-term memory
Cerebellum
Coordination of fine
movement.
Balance
fine motor movements
Some
memory
Tremors,
dizziness,
vertigo.
for
reflex motor acts
(Asynergia).
and
equilibrium.
Loss of coordination of
Loss of ability to walk,
staggering, inability to
Muscle tone.
judge
distance
(Dysmetria).
Slurred
speech
(Dysphonia).
Parietal Lobe
Cognition.
Damage to left parietal
Information
lobe
processing.
Pain
and
Inability to perceive
Spatial orientation and
objects
body position.
(agnosia).
Speech.
disorders
(aphasia)
touch
sensation.
Language
normally
Damage to right parietal
lobe
Difficulty with making
things (constructional
apraxia).
Denial
of
problems(anosagnosia)
.
Damage to both sides
Problems with visual
attention and motor
skills.
Inability to voluntarily
control the gaze
(ocular apraxia).
Three major brain elements help control what information your brain takes in are :
Brain
Roles
What can we do
The reticular
receives input from sensory
keep yourself
activating system
nerves that come from nerve
physically healthy and
( RAS )
endings in your eyes, ears,
well rested and to
elements
mouth, face, skin, muscles, develop awareness Of
and
and some control over
internal organs and meet at the
your emotions
top of your spinal cord
Practice focusing
and observing
yourself
The limbic
It travels to the sensory intake
Slow down and take a
system
centers of your brain
moment to reflect.
The Amygdala
take a deep breath
Its a system for routing
and visualize yourself
information based on your
in a peaceful place.
emotional state
Reviewing and
The Hippocampus
practicing something
Inks new sensory input to youve learned helps.
both
Repeated stimulation
memories of your past and
knowledge already stored in
your
long-term memory to make
new
relational memories
The transmitter
One of the brains most Certain
dopamine.
important
interacting
neurotransmitters
with friends, laughing,
activities,such
increase dopamine
levels.
Experiencing pride at
accomplishing
something is also
correlated with higher
dopamine
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