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HUMAN BRAINGROUP M5523: KUROCHKIN, KUTYRIN
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List of QUESTIONS
1. What is the brain?
2. What is the brain responsibility?
3. What is the brain structure?
4. How has the human brain evolved?
5. What the differences between right and left brain?
6. How does our brain control information?
7. What are the myths about brain?
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“ It is not the brains that matter
most, but that which guides
them - the character, the
heart, generous qualities,
progressive ideasFYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY (RUSSIAN NOVELIST, JOURNALIST, PHILOSOPHER)
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What is the brain?
The brain is an organ that serves as
the center of the nervous system
Weight of the brain is 1.1 – 2 kg
The brain contains 15 – 33 billion
neurons
The brain uses 25% of consumed
energy
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Thinking
Processing of sensory
information coming from
the sense organs
Control the moves
Expression of emotion
Memory
Attention
What is the brain responsibility?
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What is the brain structure?
Basically brain consists of 3 components
1) Brain stem
2) Cerebellum
3) Cerebral hemispheres
Also it could be divided into 2 components
1) Cortex (brain stem, cerebellum)
2) Limbic system (other)
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What the differences between
right and left brain?
Left brain Right brain
Processing of
verbal information
Processing of non -
verbal information
Analytic thinking Imagination
Sequential
processing of
information
Parallel processing
of information
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”
“You know you've got to
exercise your brain just like
your muscles
WILL ROGERS (AMERICAN PERFORMER, HUMORIST, ACTOR)
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How has the human brain
evolved?
The human brain and the
brain of an animal are
similar in structure, they
consist of the same proteins
The human brain resembles
to the brain of primates
The human brain has
evolved 6 million years
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“Any man could, if he were
so inclined, be the sculptor
of his own brain
SANTIAGO RAMÓN Y CAJAL (SPANISH PATHOLOGIST, NEUROSCIENTIST)
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How does our brain control
information?
There are 100 billions
neurons in human brain
The brain stores information
by connections of neurons
These connections called –
memory
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What are the myths about
brain?
The 10% theory
Alcohol kills brain cells
Brain damage always can’t be
cured
25-th frame is stored in the
subconscious
One hemisphere works better
than the other
Listening to Mozart or another
classics makes you smarter
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Information sources
Blog “Головной мозг” golmozg.ru
Wikipedia
Article “Реакция мозга на разные виды информации” mnemotexnika.narod.ru
BBC Documentary “Brain story”
Video lecture “Структура и функции мозга”
Video “Чем человеческий мозг отличается от мозга шимпанзе”
Article “Эволюция человеческого мозга и влияние технологий по Г.Р. Иваницкому” vikent.ru/enc/2352/
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Thank you for attention
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