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Brain Research
Brain Research
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Not Linear
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Linear processing reduces understanding
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Many paths
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Many inputs at once
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Many modalities
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Many levels of consciousness
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Massively parallel
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Physiology
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A million axons, working simultaneously, go to
the brain from each eye
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The brain has 100,000,000,000 (one hundred
billion) brain cells
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the number of connections the brain can make is
unknown
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between one hundred trillion & 10 to the 80th power
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More than the estimated number of atoms in the known
universe
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Physiology (cont.)
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Three brain areas are interrelated
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brain stem
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mid brain
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cerebrum/neocortex
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Size of brain is unimportant
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Einstein had average brain
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Balzac, had a brain almost 40% larger
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The two sides of the brain describe how we process (left -
sequentially, right - randomly)
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Physiology (cont.)
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Sex differences: female brains process language
and feelings at the same time more efficiently than
the male brain
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