Wednesday 3 November 2010

The Brain!

Hi everyone! How are you?
Today I will talk about a speech he came to do a physiology professor at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Dr. Pedro Maldonado, he told us about a very interesting topic about the myths and truths about the brain.
The first thing he discussed was: "The human brain is different from animals." This is a common phrase among all people, but in reality this is false is just a myth, because, first of all we humans are also animals, as well has the same structures in relation to animals, but has more rows.
Another myth that Dr. Maldonado is denied is "only use 10% of the capacity of the brain." This is false because we occupy all the capabilities of the brain because the brain is plastic, in other words, the human brain can change and adapt.
Dr. Maldonado also told us that the brain is compared with a computer; it is said by the storage capacity. But this is another myth, because the human brain is much more complicated, because the information is stored in different brain areas, as well as the brain integrates all the information, not separate them.

Another myth is the doctor said about the brain was differences between female and male brain. Both brains have the same capabilities, except that they are influenced by hormonal factors.

One of the last myths that the doctor was denied "the brain reproduces the world as it is, this is false because the brain constructs its own world. Is for this reason that we all have different point of views.

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