The human brain
I have always been interested in how the human body works. One of the reasons to be interested is that I practice sports, so why we sweat, stretch and how we can work out our muscles are intriguing facts about our bodies. Those, among other incredible facts like gestating as to have new generations. Sleeping, dancing, walking and reading are just some of the activities that have to do with the brain.
Biology and Education are closely related if we analyse the brain activity. As a teacher, when we study the way human beings learn, we study Psychology but unfortunately we didn’t study Neuroscience. Therefore, as this science has always caught my attention I wanted to learn more about it. A couple of years ago, because of the Masters programme I was studying, I had the chance to read lots of interesting papers about how the brain works when we read as well as how the way we stimulate the brain affects our learning process.
The human brain is a complex organ and as human beings we are supposed to be the only ones to know something about the way the brain works. With that skill, Pierre Paul Broca (1824-1880), a French pioneer doctor was able to draw a map of the brain and consequently, he discovered a small area in the left hemisphere, which controls the production of language. Thus, 100 billion neurons in our brains* are responsible for language, communication and many other aspects of our lives.
*http://www.factslides.com/s-Brain
We studied neuroscience in psychology. In fact, we have a course of neurophysiology and Cognitive Neuroscience in the second year (I hate this subjects, sorry jaja)
ReplyDeleteI’m studying psychology and I have subjetcts where we study the human brain how to neurophysiology and cognitive neuroscience, and I’m teaching assistant to the subjects neurophysiology.
ReplyDeleteInterestering. You know you think Paul Broca was the father of Paleopathology? He was the first person in describe a trepanation.
ReplyDeleteI studied kinesiology before psychology!, so I know many things about muscles, neurons and stuff like that. But I didn't enjoyed that experience because I was very interested in discover some things about human behaviour, like violent people...why are they like that? why some people doesn't have empathy? so..that's why I'm here c:
ReplyDeleteHuman brain do awesome things. It have a lot of secrets and many thngs that we ingore. It is and interesting human body part to study
ReplyDeleteI study sociology, I don`t know to make when finish my career, because all the things in sociology are very confusing, but I consider that still is soon for say… what is sociology? :cc
ReplyDeleteRegards (:
I also think that is very interesting to know how brain work, always I been intrigue about something I heard a lot of time ago, that we only use a very few percentage of our brain, I wonder what happen if we use more than the usual!!
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ReplyDeleteA few days ago I see a movie, like a documental about this matter. It was very interesting because they do brain analysis with very advanced technologies and they show the results comparing the human brain with a machine!
Wow, is very interesant to me. The brain is the mystery for the human and specifically the human science !
ReplyDeleteafter sociology and social sciences, I really really like biological sciences I know a few answers for your questions at the beginning of your post... but I'm not telling them to you anyway, muahahahaha
ReplyDeletethe neurosciences is a good discipline to study the brain activity... maybe in the future the psychologist don't have work for that jaja
ReplyDeleteI'm very impressed with your post. I think that is a very important matter and I'm glad that you as a teacher concern so much for this. All teachers should know more about brain activity... well, we all must learn more about it! The human brain is a complex machine that control us haha, so is very interesting know more of this
ReplyDeleteWhat I've always wondered if there be mind ... where it is? maybe is located in the brain or elsewhere of the body .. is a very interesting topic the brain !!
ReplyDeleteI study psychology and first-year career had many courses related to neuroscience, it is very interesting to learn about it
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