Personal Development - The Brain (1st FT)

the brain

The mass of nerve tissue that is the main control center of the nervous system

working memory

a system that makes it possible to access stored information for use in specific activities

- hindbrain

- mid-brain

- forebrain

3 parts of the brain

hindbrain

responsible for instinctive, autonomic behavior anf serves several survival functions

- it contains the pons, recticular activating system, cerebellum, and medulla

pons

involved in sleep and arousal

recticular activating system

involved in attention regulation, movement, sleep, and arousal

cerebellum

regulates balance and coordination

medulla

controls heartbeat and breathing

mid-brain

transpires responses like muscie movements and auditory and visual system processing

forebrain

in charge of our intellectual activity consciousness

- it contains the thalamus, hypothalamus, cerebrum, corpus callosum, and the pituitary gland

thalamus

relays messages between lower brain centers and cerebral cortex

hypothalamus

It's the main link between your endocrine system and your nervous system and keeps your body balanced in a stable state called homeostasis by secreting hormones

cerebrum

Area of the brain responsible for all voluntary activities of the body

corpus callosum

the large band of neural fibers connecting the two brain hemispheres and carrying messages between them

pituitary gland

The endocrine system's most influential gland. Under the influence of the hypothalamus, it regulates growth and controls the endocrine system.

Brain lateralization

some mental functions are more dominant in one hemisphere than the other, though both hemispheres are still involved

Left-brained vs. Right-brained

a popular myth that left-brained people are logical, analytical, and good at math/language, and right-brained are creative, emotional, and artistic

whole brain theory

proposes that individuals have preferences for four different thinking styles, represented as quadrants of the brain

Associative Thinking

mental technique that lets you explore an idea by considering all possible areas related to the topic at hand to get fresh insights

mind mapping

creative way of exploring ideas through a graphic or visual presentation