The Brain

The Brain

                                                               

Introduction:

I have had such a pleasure doing what I love best, Science and math. This paper will bring you a new understanding and a whole new meaning to what is really going on inside your head. (Biology has always been one of my favorites which is why I chose to write this paper on the brain)

The Brain:

From gruesome ancient rituals to modern pharmacology, Mankind has been trying to discover what’s really going on inside our heads (Jackson Dykeman)

There are three divisions of the brain the first is the forebrain the second is the midbrain the third is the hind brain. The first path to discovering our brain was in 5000 BC when they asked the question, what is the brain? They drilled holes in the skull of the people because they believed it would relieve them from headaches and seizure .the majority of organisms at the level of the invertebrate phyla evolved organs in the interior portion (Front end) of their bodies

Respond to high concentration of incoming information. The most anterior ganglion .or enlarged organized integrative mass of nervous tissue called the brain. The second path to the finding the brain is the anatomy, how is the brain built? We have record from 15 foot long Edwin Smith surgical papyrus (A copy of Egyptian records).Includes the earliest account of the anatomy of the brain (3000 BC)The two lobes in the forebrain are associated with the sense of smell it’s also the major part in sensory and motor response ,Also including body temperature ,hunger,pain,ect. The mid brain is just as important to; it specializes with visual center and connected to the eyes. The hindbrain specializes in heartbeat and breathing. The third path to discovering out brain is psychology, how does the mind work? In 1649 René Descartes discovered the philosophical distinction between the mind and spirit. The fourth path to discovering out brain is disorders, Can we fix the brain? In 1402 ST Mary’s hospital opened for the mentally ill, they also had psychiatric facilities. And the fifth path to discovering our brain is neuroscience, what powers the brain?   In 1791 Luigi Galvani did a study on frogs , an Italian physiologist is the first to discover that a form of “Animal Electricity” secreted by the brain drives nerve activity .Not only is the brain is our brain important but it is a necessity for the body because the brain makes more things possible than just  learning .

Conclusion:

While I have been working on this paper I did a lot of research on scientist who weren’t quite well known, but I noticed something they had in common, they had the habits of a scientist. And I thought to myself and thought you truly can’t be a successful scientist without these habits.

Bibliography:

Wikipedia: Lateralization

Biology a self teaching guide

Your brain- A user’s guide

Time Magazine: 2011 new scientific discoveries

The Britannica encyclopedias