The Unique Brain

In this series called “Human emotions”, I am planning to analyze psychological background of human feelings and their actual stemming places. One of the most intense emotional states, anger and aggression are the main problem in various societies. It is highly important to know how anger emerges in the brain and psychology of humans with the purpose of preventing these kinds of occurrences. According to the major articles and findings, anger is not the primary emotion; rather, it is thought to be a secondary emotion. In a broader sense, anger and aggression is the defense mechanism of our brains against any form of pain, including mental and physical. In my opinion, anger is the natural reaction of humans in case of any interruptions to their targets, goals and self-interest.   Despite being highly natural, anger has a lot of psychological costs affecting humans` overall health in a bad manner. For instance, regarding medical side, angry people tend to live so severe diseases...

It is commonly believed by people that humans, even famous scientists, use 10% of their brains. Is it actually true? After watching the “Lucy”, film about the woman who uses 100% of her brain and, thus, transforms into the supernatural energy, I decided to research this topic deeply and share my findings with you. In this article, different ideas surrounding the topic and their stemming places will be thoroughly discussed and, then, analyzed to find which of them is sounding scientifically true. Nearly 70% of Americans believe that humans are capable of using only 10% of their brains. There are a lot of reasons why people believe in this idea which is generally regarded as “myth” by scientists. In my opinion, the first valid reason is the psychology of people. They tend to persuade them that it is possible to activate the remaining 90% of the brain which would ultimately result in much more prosperous career. This idea gives them the power to work harder and harder. However, ther...

There is no point in denying that the ability of brain to change itself (scientifically called neuroplasticity) is considered to be one of the most interesting aspects of the humans` body. Throughout this article, I will try to give a comprehensive information about the origin of this theory, its proof, and potential applications into humans` lives. The first claim on the possibility of neuroplasticity was made by William James in 1890 in his book “Principles of Psychology ” . Then, it took 60 years to define the term of neuroplasticity. But the founding principles of these experiments and theories come back to 18 th century and, therefore, the history of neuroplasticity is significantly large in the field of psychology and neuroscience. Despite all these, neuroplasticity was not fully accepted among the scientists who was thinking that brain`s ability and power cannot be changed and they are fixed both functionally and genetically. Nevertheless, significant scientists and res...

I am a high school student who wants to pursue his future academic career as a neuroscientist and brain researcher. Actually, making this decision was not that difficult for me after being aware of the unbelievable brain characteristics worth researching. In the cognitive philosophy, there is commonly used word: ” Brain is the small map of whole universe ” . It can easily be inferred from this statement that if we learnt the working principles and mechanism behind our brain, it would be possible to understand the complexity of the universe or even some spiritual creatures. Thus, considering all these, I decided to share some interesting and substantial topics regarding brain which be quite capable of showing its distinctness. This is just basic introduction of my blog.  Please, support me by following further posts!