Andrew's Brain Analytical Essay

Tobias Wolf uses imagery in his short story “Bullet in the Brain” which provides a visual portrait to capture attention to the story. He clarifies in an interview with Sanford University what a short story requires, “You want large results from it, and you 're compelled by its very shortness to using all your resources of language, form and understanding” (Schrieberg 1998). He uses language in the story which offers various instances of imagery describing Anders as weary and elegantly savage in his reviews. In each scene of the story Anders observes and uses biting words to offer his approval or distaste. While waiting with the customers at the bank, with the thieves, with the gun shot and with his recollections there is a deeper vision into his brain. The use of imagery in his short story provides a distorted image of the character Anders, not the real image of the man but one with passion for the use of words and happiness.

Perhaps we do not realize the impact of the petty things we have experienced when life itself flashes before our eyes. Even though our lives are composed of countless moments to remember, sometimes we do not understand how they slowly shape who we are and how we see the world. This is what Tobias Wolff suggests in his short story, “Bullet in the Brain”. The story focuses on the internal journey of a man named Anders when his life comes to a close. A well crafted look into the memories of Anders gives readers distaste for all he takes for granted and demonstrates his lack of sympathy.

The brain stem or the medulla is the closest to the spinal cord. The brainstem is responsible for most of the human bodily functions. The brain stem is critical for human survival and normal human functions. The brain stem is also responsible for information of pain and touch from the head and neck; it is also responsible for the inputs from the face and the mouth. Reticular formation is a group of neurons, nuclei, that are important for sleep and wakefulness. In reticular formation there is nuclei that are a major source of neurotransmitter serotonin. Serotonin is important for regulating mood and activities.

Carol Dweck in the article “Brainology " talks about the different mindsets that create separate psychological worlds. The first mindset being a growth mindset. Believing you can you can work to gain intelligence, you get praised for hard work. Rather than having a fixed mindset where you believe you don't gain intelligence ether you’re born with it or not. People with the fixed mindset receive praise for their intelligence, requiring no work. "Those with a growth mindset had a very straightforward idea that the harder you work the more ability will grow even Geniuses had to work for their accomplishments.” Brainology raises students’ achievement by helping gain a growth mindset. Students that have a fixed mindset believe their intelligence

Neuroplasticity refers to the brains capability to reorganize by adapting and creating new neural pathways as needed (Hoiland, E., & Chudler, E. )The brain’s neuroplasticity is important because it allows the brain to change throughout our lives. Brain Neuroplasticity for example, can help recover the brain from an automobile accident. The brain will recapture lost brain function from a brain trauma through shaping techniques of Neuroplasticity. Neuroplasticity helps in aiding the development of a new language, increasing focus, and improving previously learned tasks. In order to learn new motor skills, according to NeuroScienceNews, the brain must be able to rapidly change the connections between neurons and form new patterns to accomplish

chose to research the area of psychology - advances in neuroscience. This topic really fascinates me because the brain is so complex and there is so much to still be discovered. In the article Secrets of the Brain, John Donoguhe, a neuroscientist wanted to find a way to help people with paralysis by tapping into the signals from their motor cortex which is the region of the brain where we generate commands to move our muscles. He spent years developing an implant and testing the device on monkeys. In 2005 surgeons successfully installed this device on a woman named Cathy Hutchinson who had suffered a massive stroke leaving her unable to move or speak. Two years after the initial surgery they connected a robotic arm to the computers which allowed

I started my education in Erie, Pennslyviana.I attend McDowell High. I would say that we were one of the richer schools were I live. I am going to talk about my first assignment Brainology. I thought it was very interesting and it thought me a lot about how some people have different mindsets.

I read the article, “Secrets of the Brain”, found in the February 2014 issue of National Geographic written by Carl Zimmer. I chose this subject because I have been fascinated with the brain and how it works. The research of the brain has been ongoing for many centuries now. The history in this article is interesting. It explained how scientists used to understand the brain and its inner workings. For example, “in the ancient world physicians believed that the brain was made of phlegm. Aristotle looked on it as a refrigerator, cooling of the fiery heart. From his time through the Renaissance, anatomists declared with great authority that our perceptions, emotions, reasoning, and actions were all the result of “animal spirits”—mysterious, unknowable vapors that swirled through cavities in our head and traveled through our bodies.” (Zimmer, p. 38)

Occasionally, I am privileged to get in touch with my alpha brain; it usually happens early in the morning before I get out of bed. I lay there somewhere between awake and asleep. The dreams feel more real than regular night time dreams.

Among various types of organ systems, the nervous system is one of the most important one in human body. It is responsible for producing, controlling and guiding our thoughts and responses to the world around us according to James W. Pennebaker (2012). During embryological development, the cells that form nervous system are incredibly specialised and work complexly than the cells that form skin or other body parts. Neurosecretory cells are one of the examples of specialised nervous system cells that produce neurosecretions. Neurosecretions are hormones which carry information from sensor cells to target cells and they can be released directly into the bloodstream

The human brain has been largely a topic of discussion in recent decades, so much so that the 1990s became known as the “Decade of the Brain”. This is due to the extensive amount of research able to be conducted due to advancing technology; however there still remains debate on many aspects of thought, cognition, and overall consciousness that we see as being alive and human. Though many answers remain shrouded in mystery, scientists are able to deduce one piece of important information: neurotransmitters play a vital role in emotions and mood felt from person to person. These chemicals, when put blatantly, are responsible for how we feel and think on a daily basis. Essentially these neurotransmitters define who we are as individuals because they give the ability to feel and react. This process is not always a perfect science at times though, and as researchers are finding out, that these immensely important chemicals can also cause harm alongside all the benefits they bring to a person’s process of thought.

The PBS special "The Secret Life of the Brain" took us through all different aspects of the brain and its formation through life. These five movies taught us that the brain is plastic and is always changing, cutting unused neurons and filling with different ideas and thoughts that you learn from your environment. The five videos go through the five stages of life; baby, child, teenager, adult and finally the aging brain.

Biological psychology, of biopsychology, is the application of the principles of biology to the study of mental processes in terms of bodily mechanisms. The view that psychological processes have biological (or physiological) correlates, is the basic assumption of the whole field of biological psychology. Biological psychology is a hopeful domain, one that has much to offer in terms of improving the quality of life of the healthy as well as those suffering from disorders. It also contributed important therapeutic data on a variety of conditions, including: Parkinson 's Disease, Alzheimer 's Disease, Clinical depression, Schizophrenia and a lot others. Humans have very complex nervous system, they use neurons and neurotransmitters to make the highest active communication network throughout the body. “most of the body’s neurons are found in the central nervous system(CNS), which consists of the brain and spinal cord” (psychology 5th edition). “Neuroscience emphasizes that the brain and nervous system are central to understanding behavior, thought, and emotion. (Van Horn, 2014; Zhao & others, 2014). Therefore, for biological psychologist all that is psychological is first physiological. All thoughts, feeling & behavior ultimately have a biological cause.” We are benefited from biological approach for diagnosing and treating human brains Ex. Schizophrenia. Scientists are also able to create medications for different types of illnesses. Besides having psychologists

The stability of the mind is uncertain in the medical field. Even though researches about how the mind works has helped us developed a better understanding about the human mind and its behavior, they have failed to give us a complete and knowledgeable concrete answer to all the questions of its deep studies. The human mind is still a very abroad subject to medicine. What makes a mind stable and what triggers mental illnesses is a question that will still be unknown to the medical field for more years to come. The understanding of the mind is a quest that has started since the beginning of human civilization and it has not stopped. The mind is an organ of its own, and it develops its own unique style of evolution through time. It is a very small organ that is responsible for the function of the human body. All our functions come from there, the way we speak, think and behave. As all other organs, it also has its own illnesses that for many centuries we have tried to understand. The illness of the mind still has no cure and what science has found only contributes to the temporary solution, but not the cure of the illness. One of the most severe forms of mental illness is Schizophrenia. This illness has tormented people since the beginning of history. Schizophrenia, the illness that is still very mysterious to medicine; the symptoms, the cause, diagnosis, types of schizophrenia and the medication are not the solutions for a lasting illness.

The human brain is a very complicated part of the human anatomy. Kanwisher states in an inaugural article, “Understanding the nature of the human mind is arguably the greatest intellectual quest of all time.” The impacts occur when during the embryo phase of life development. Brain is the operational center of a human body. As I was reading the article “functional specificity in the human brain: A window into the functional architecture of the mind”, “Gall proposed that the brain is the seat of the mind, that the mind is composed of distinct mental faculties, and that each mental faculty reside in a specific rain organ” (Kanwisher, 2010). The brain the main center of our body that controls the function of each part. In the early stage of life, babies begin to develop their basic functions that even though babies do not have the ability to communicate, they learn very quickly how to talk and walk. Babies can see and hear to recognize the sounds, and they have their own language. The development of new words and sounds critical in this beginning stage life. The human brains are all developed the same; however, the early development phase if critical for building out capacity. The human brain is one of the most mysterious tissues, and the neurons send signals to each other across a tiny gap between them via spreading electrical messages across vast networks to make your brain do what it does. For instance, monolingual and bilingual speakers. The question is whether monolingual