Human brain

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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