...The Left Brain vs. The Right Brain: How does this Impact Learning The brain is one of the vital components of the nervous system. It is also one of the most involved and extraordinary parts amongst a variety of organs in the human being. When it comes to body weight it only responsible for two to three percent, but when it comes to body energy it uses twenty through twenty- three percent (Sprenger 1999). When the mind tries to do too many things at once it may refuse to cooperate, because the brain is always seeking information. The brain is made up of two hemispheres which are the left and the right hemisphere. They talk through the corpus callosum, which is just a bulky group of fibers (Sprenger 1999). Although both hemispheres are the same in their appearance they have different functions. The left hemisphere of the brain is more of an analysis, linear thinking, ordering, and it require locating organization within everything that it does. “The left hemisphere is also an expert at in order processing, analyzing all received information, even illustration information” (Webb 1983). With the left hemisphere we try to create logic of the world, and create peace to it (Faith 2003). So in other words when we are thinking, we are using this side of the hemisphere. It also controls the right part of the body and receives information from that side too (Webb 1983). In compare with the left hemisphere, the right hemisphere is alarmed by the complete image and the spatial...
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...culture. The following questions were developed after the reading of the assigned books concerning culture. 1. Among primates; a) Only the human brain continues to grow at fetal rates after birth. b) The human beings are the only born with a full developed brain. c) Human beings are the ones who take the shortest time of brain development. d) None of the above. 2. Which one of the following statement is not true? a) Late maturation of the human nervous system is associated by a general development retardation of the human child, compared with other primates. b) ¾ of human brain develops outside the womb. c) Only the human brain continues to grow at fetal rates after birth. d) All the other primates except for human beings, are born with a fully developed brain. 3. What is considered the most distinguishing cultural factor among different populations? a) Primitive mentality. b) Cultural model. c) Social life. d) Mode of thought. 4. What was the discovery of Clifford Geertz, about the mind during the study of culture? a) That we appreciate the mind as naturally positioned exterior of the head in the centre of life. b) Mind does not relate with culture. c) Mind is the only aspect that affects culture....
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...His first argument is a thought experiment of brain transplantation and the idea behind it is basically the following: “Suppose that you and your identical twin are both involved in a terrible accident. Your brain is undamaged, but the rest of your body is so badly injured as to be moribund. Your identical twin’s brain has been destroyed, but the rest of his or her body is undamaged. Exploiting new techniques that enable the proper neural connections to be made between your brain and your twin’s body, your surgeons remove your twin’s dead brain and transplant your perfectly functional brain in its place.” (Mcmahan, page 110). He claims that intuitively we think that it is my brain and my twins body so this would result in me as the outcome, because I will have all my memories, past experiences, inclinations to act in a specific way, my dispositions and character traits all of those things are going to be in the new entity that is created and because it is in my identical twin I will kind of look the same. We have one entity at the end so it is clear that one of the two has died. But since most experiences, behaviors, ways of thinking, dispositions, previous knowledge, beliefs, memories and ways of reasoning are going to do with me since it is my brain it seems that the outcome is likely me. If we are actually human organisms and not more than human organism, then it would...
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...surprised at something. Nomita was talking with me but I can sense that she was not with me. She was taking with me and at a time she was typing in her mobile. Suddenly she asked me what status she will post in facebook wall. All of her talking was facebook related and I was being bored and moreover our taking was interrupted by her texting. I understood that she wanted to use facebook rather enjoying my company. So I told her to finish her job and join me. Long time passed but she did not come and I was shocked because it never happened before and what I saw make me astonished that she is completely absorbed in facebook. I guess she has a relation in facebook and it really seems to me ridiculous to wind up with a relation just seeing a profile. One may give wrong information about oneself to attract others. I became concerned if she has a relation and concern if she does something wrong. It is easy to done something wrong because people of this age are easily driven by their whim and curiosity. I discussed it with her .She said nothing and smiled. I also see the same scenario in my friend circle. When my friends are altogether passing time I observe that someone is using facebook, someone is listening music and some are playing game in mobile. I observe they are behaving like unsocial in a social communicating place. Another striking matter is about my brother, who is a student of standard five , is a very inattentive not only in his education but also most other matters except...
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...Abstract This essay discusses the mind-body question and the difficulty to explain how these two entities relate to philosophical and scientific inquiry. This discussion includes the difficulty scientists find with dealing with the mind-body question when discussing the conception of reality. The discussion will include Searle’s perception of the mind-body question and conclude with a personal perspective of the mind-body question and what it means to her. The conclusion of the essay after research is that this question is difficult to answer because of different views and perspectives. Mind-Body Questions Paper The mind-body question has been a source of examination for many years. This examination began in the seventeenth-century with the French philosopher Descartes. Many credit Descartes with beginning the mind-body problem. The mind-body question in essence deals with how the physical world interacts and relates to the mental aspects of the mind. Descartes considered that the mind existed only in the mental state with the body existing only in the physical state. He felt that the mind could not exist with the body (Schimmel, 2001). Many others have formed various opinions, including John Searle, which emphasizes consciousness when discussing the mind. This essay is a discussion of the difficulty poised by the mind-body question on philosophical and scientific inquiry. The essay will also include the perspective of Searle concerning the mind-body question and reality. It...
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...Body & Mind. Philosopher and Psychologist have developed several theories concerning the body & mind relationship. It had been thousands of years, in the research of body and mind. The discussions extensity of consciousness, and the mind. Consciousness and the mind have relation with the physical body, and the physical function independence, through the system of central nerves system. The clumsiness of mind panorama, at one time, the Scientists and philosophers, believed that the mind is a product of the brain. The mind is composed of a gathering of ideas and thoughts, base in experiences gained through life, storage in the brain. The assumption that we have been born with a blank slate could be close to the truth. Some ideas and thoughts should be brought to the mind consciousness trough experiences. It has an exposure or influence, at the very time: a person is conceived, as a living person. When the experiences of thoughts and emotions are the state of learning by sensation, is named knowledge. Awareness is the dimensions of consciousness and mind. Conciseness is a fact that we live at all the time of life, even if we are not aware of it. Whether it is paying attention or not, awareness occurs around us. We learn that the mindful encompasses will works. Example: “one is watching a television show that oneself like. As concentrated is oneself still hear it: The door bell rings: the window is open, and the noise of a car pass by, and the sound of a child giggling in the room...
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...Neuropsychology Name: Institution: The working of the human brain is an aspect that many have tried to fathom as well as study in a bid to understand how it works. Many have been taken aback by what they have been able to figure out about the brain and its functions. The brain has over time been regarded as one of the most important organs in the body, and that can be tied to the fact that most bodily functions can be controlled by the single organ. The destruction or the dysfunction of the brain could mean death or even other problems such as mental disorders. The field of memory, cognition and thought are unique areas when it comes to understanding the functioning of the brain. Cognitive psychologists are concerned with being able to study how the brain works as well as why people act as they do. Some areas are involved in the field of neuropsychology with each of them being a crucial pillar. Cognitive neurology deals with studying the mental process such as memory, creativity, thinking and perception (Mohn & Rund, 2016). That means being able to understand the inner workings of the brain and its relation to the mind. Clinical psychology deals with the management as well as the rehabilitation of individuals who have suffered from illnesses as well as injuries that cause neurocognitive problems. That may include post-traumatic stress disorder patients or bipolar disorder patients. The field also covers behavioral neurology which deals with memory, behavior and cognition...
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...connection between mind, brain and body discussed in his text “The Principles of Psychology”. In “The Principle” spiritualists explain the way we remember by something in the brain that associate and knows past and events, yet it lacks to answer various oddities like the effects of illnesses and old age to memory. For associationist, association of an idea with the remembered thing results in easier recollection but then again lacks to explain effects of fever and old age. William James stressed that phenomena cannot influence our mind without influencing our body, senses and our brain. The text acknowledges that experiences of body make memory what it is and that mental states need certain body conditions to change. He stressed that mental and body life is affected by inner and outer relations but there is diversity between behavior of intelligence and mechanical performance or semi-automatic for animals saying that the sake of the action and consciousness level defines the difference of the act towards the end result. The text mainly focuses on proving the link between brain and mental condition by giving illustrations of different authors as to prove his text. In his text William James focuses mainly on the connection between our mental state and experiences of our body saying that injuries of brain directly affects our mental state. He uses neuroscience proof to support his ideas. Our bodily experiences are senses that deliver the information to the brain, which completes...
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...Mind-Body Connection and how it Affects Learning James Webb Coll100 American Military University Corey Tutor Mind-Body Connection and how it Affects Learning The mind–body connection examines the relationship between mind and matter, and in particular the relationship between consciousness and the brain. Many throughout history have often wondered what causes the connection between the mental portion of the mind and the physical state of the body. A variety of different topics have been proposed. Most fall under either the dualist or monist theories. Many philosophers have debated their theories on the mind-body connection to include such philosophers as Descartes and Plato. More recent researchers have moved beyond the dualist conceptions of body and mind towards a unified and interrelated concept of a bodymind together. Today scientists believe our minds and bodies work together. The body-mind connection helps us to pay attention and solve problems as well as affecting memory. Basically, the physical state of your body directly affects how well our minds will work. Some scientists are also researching how emotions affect the body-mind connection. Numerous studies have been done to show the proof that these theories are factual. The philosophy behind the mind body connection began with Plato and Aristotle. Basically both philosophers believed that the physical body contained multiple souls. Their theories differed a bit in that Plato believed that if the body died...
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...theory of the relation of mind and body. Human beings are material objects. However, unlike other material objects (e.g. non-living things) humans have the ability to form judgements and reason their existence. Meaning to say that, human beings have 'minds'. In general, humans are characterised as having both a mind and body. By definition, mind is referred to the mental processes, thought and consciousness whereas body is referred to the physical aspects of the brain-neurons and how the brain is structured. This is known as dualism. In the philosophy of mind, dualism is the theory that the mental (mind) and the physical (body) are both real or exist, but both of them are different kinds of thing. The theory of mind-body dualism is presented by Rene Descartes (1596-1650), who holds that both mind and body are substances, in which the body is a material substance as it is extended in space whereas the mind is an unextended in space, and so called spiritual substance. According to Descartes, he believed that mind and body actually can interact through the pineal gland in the brain. In Descartes’s first principle of philosophy, “I think, therefore I am”, makes mind more certain than matter. It also showed that the mind which is a thinking thing can exist apart from its extended body. Hence, Descartes said that the mind is a substance that is different from the body (a substance whose essence is thought). This became known as “Substance Dualism” (view that the mind and body function...
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...functions of the mind and body. Descartes describes that the ability to think belongs to the mind while the ability to imagine belongs to the mind. In this paper I will be arguing against Descartes since the mind matures and deteriorates with the body by using Alzheimer’s Disease as an example. I will first explain the arguments that Descartes elucidates before I argue that the arguments for the separation of these capacities are problematic. This why I could explain an alternative conclusion that differs Descartes. Descartes arguments can be best explained is to begin with his conclusions on the relation between the mind and body. First, Descartes states that minds can exist without the need of a body. Descartes thinks that the mind and body are distinct from each other because the body consist of extension while the mind consist of pure thought. Descartes explains that the mind and body are to act as independent substances. It is explained that the independence of the mind body is natural and they are set up to be like that that....
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...The Mind and Body Debate LaSonya Jenkins PHL 443 June 16, 2011 Dr. Dean Dowling The Mind and Body Debate Is the mind independent of the body? The relationship between the mind and body has been a stimulating argument for philosophers for many years. Some believe that the mind and body is separate entities and others believe that the mind and body are one and are dependent upon each other. The following dialogue will present the position of René Descartes and John Searle regarding the mind and body debate. Descartes: It is certainly obvious that the mind and body are two distinctly different entities. The body has physical properties whereas the mind is nonphysical. John: With all due respect Mr. Descartes, I can’t say that I fully agree with your proclamation. However, I would say that the mind is a biological state of the mental that can cause or be caused by physical changes to the body. I feel like you do not have sufficient justification of the relationship of the body and mind (Searle, 2004). Descartes: Well young man, let me explain a few things that will support my premise in a substantial way that may indeed change your position. First of all, the mind can exist without the present of the body. You see John; the existence of my body is dubitable whereas my mind is not. Therefore my mind does not consist of the same properties of my body. This is a clear distinction that my mind is separate from my body. John: Mr...
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...Jordan Smollar, a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, discovered two abnormalities in one of his recent studies concerning mental illness and their genetic connections within the human brain. This study consisted of over 60,000 people worldwide to further strengthen his research quantitatively. Through the massive testing, Dr. Smollar believes he had found a connection between 5 mental disorders (schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, autism, major depression, and attention deficit disorder) all with some sort of underlying relation with one another in the genetic “glitches” they share, 2 of which concerning a major signaling system in the brain. Efforts began in 2007 and so investigative data from 19 countries of people’s DNA, with 33,332 people with psychiatric illness while studying 27,888 people who were free of the illness was collected. Researchers came to find overlapping genetic effects in identical twins, which further solidified the possible connections previously discussed. They had found 4 DNA regions that conferred a risk of psychiatric disorders. However, in 2 of the 4 regions, it was not clear what the genes were involved in doing. The other 2 genes were calcium channels. Calcium channels are used when neurons send signals to function our brains. Certain drugs prescribed by medical professionals are used to block calcium channels and therefore are used to treat high blood pressure. Furthermore, some researchers have even come to the conclusion...
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...thinks about what they are going to do and then do it or not. For example, a person is taking a test in school and they don’t know the subject matter. There is a question that they absolutely don’t know the answer to. The student will have several thoughts. The first thought would be to guess the answer and hope they get it right. The second thought would be to look over at the paper of a fellow classmate. The student chooses to look at the paper of a classmate and gets caught. The student knew that cheating was wrong but still weighed the options and chose to do it anyway. The cognitive theory influences psychology today by allowing a “sight” into the mind of a subject. Until this theory was developed many people did not know why a person did the actions that they did. The mind is one of the major focuses in psychology. The mind can tell a lot about person and what they would or would not do and why. Behaviorism Behaviorism is defined by Webster’s Dictionary as, “the theory or doctrine that human or animal psychology can be accurately studied only through the examination and analysis of objectively...
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...The mind-body relationship 1) Introduction Throughout the texts, the mind-body relationship is described as a new way of understanding the human being. In the first text, we hear about a girl, Melissa, who is trying to get pregnant but is having a hard time. Because of this, she signs up for a 10-week mind-body program, which should have a positive influence on her situation. The program is focusing on helping people like Melissa to get pregnant, by reducing their stress through different exercises. It was not just a coincidence that Melissa got pregnant after joining the course, according to the text. Studies have shown, that in some cases relieving distress can help improve your chances of conception. In the second text, the author discusses the medical effects of a positive relationship between doctors and patients. In this case, the mind-body relationship is represented as a replacement of or a supplement to medical treatments. It appears, that patients who have a good and trusting relationship with their doctors often get better clinical results, because they feel more comfortable and therefore have more courage to confess e.g. personal issues. The text by Steven Pinker focuses on the relation between our common sense and our best science. It talks about how, as humans, we see something and perceive it to be different than the truth, as defined by science. This story also reflects upon the effect of Prozac, which is the so called “happy-drug.” Some people think it is...
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