The Brain

The Brain

1. All behaviors and mental processes (the whole subject area of Psychology) reside in the biological activity of the brain.


2. The last decade has seen an explosion of research findings into the brain driven by improvements in brain imaging.


3. The Brian has developed through evolution and we in fact have 3 brains.


4. In addition, the cortex is divided in two but joined by the Corpus Calllosum.


5. The Brian is not one organ but many organs.


6. Some sections of the Brian are highly specialized and work largely alone. (e.g. the Brian Stem)


7. Other functions need a large number of brain areas working together (e.g. Speech)


8. A greater deal of our mental processing takes place below the level of conscious ness.