According to Your Amazing Brain “Psychologists have shown it takes between ninety seconds and four minutes to decide if you like or love someone”, based on three factors. Psychologists think fifty-five percent is body language, thirty-eight tone and speed of their voice, and only seven percent is what they say. Recounting humanity’s past, we learn that interactions with the world around us leave a lasting impression. As you may notice, it seems like some people are born to excel in every area of their interactions with the world, while others constantly struggle to find their true character. In the following paragraphs, allow me to explain how your childhood severely affects your love life, character, and interactions. Initially, your ability
to love and interact with the world around you starts at birth. Several hormones/ neurotransmitters, need to develop in order for a baby to mature safely. One major hormone is Oxytocin, it helps a mother with contractions, milk production, and forming a bond with her child. If a mother is lacking or showing a deficiency in this hormone during labor, two things can happen. Primarily, mothers with low levels of Oxytocin, will not form strong connections with their babies. Secondly, mothers will reject their child if this hormone is not present at all, during childbirth. Another importance Oxytocin has, is the ability to affect a baby’s mental development. In other words, right before a baby is born, the mother releases a “maternal hormone” that affects the neurotransmitter gamma-Aminobutyric acid or GABA. GABA is responsible for brain activity or more specifically, sending messages to nerve cells. In order to protect the baby from brain damage when it comes into the noisy world, a mother shuts off GABA right before a baby is born. However, when the baby is born, a mother transmits Oxytocin to the child so that GABA is no longer dormant. Without this step, a baby would have serious brain damage, and in return affect his/ her ability to interact with the world. Therefore, Oxytocin is crucial in forming a bond between a mother and her child. As a follow up to a mother-child bond, physical and social contact impacts a child’s interaction with the world. Several studies were conducted with infants that developed in orphanage’s to prove that, “early maltreatment can derail a child’s development”.
In “Can You Build a Better Brain”, the author, Sharon Begley discusses how the cognition processes better. He starts by presenting some experiments that prove nutrition did not support the brain smarter. According to the article, he believes that the “cognitive capacity” can be amended by concentration in people’s behavior. He further believes that people’s intelligence do not depend on own skills; however, as long as people peceive new things, their synapses and brain systems will
In The article “Brainology” “Carol S Dweck, a professor of psychology at Stanford University, differentiates between having a fixed and growth mindset in addition how these mindsets have a deep effect on a student’s desire to learn. Individuals who have a fixed mindset believe they are smart without putting in effort and are afraid of obstacles, lack motivation, and their focus is to appear smart.. In contrast, students with a growth mindset learn by facing obstacles and are motivated to learn. Dwecks argues that students should develop a growth mindset.
First of all, it takes time to develop trust and understanding, which are indispensable elements that comprises love. Which is what
Love and infatuation are both strong emotions that most will encounter within their lifetime. The two feelings are often misunderstood, but are differentiated through their outcomes and stability. True love does not only rely on physical attraction, but also on one’s personality. When one is truly in love, they accept their partner’s flaws and perfections. There is a connection between two people, in which they can make compromises and smart decisions. The love grows stronger with time and is not instant. On the other hand, infatuation occurs almost instantaneously and progresses quickly. Infatuation relies on lust and physical attraction. It can cause an individual to
Nature, something most people don’t ever pay attention to, always focusing on their daily lives and never enjoying the landscape around us. In “This Is Your Brain On Nature”, Florence Williams travels the globe investigating methods used by researchers to uncover the impact the environment can have on the human body, both mentally and physically. Whether it’s traveling to different states or countries, Williams has discovered that nature has positive consequences on the human body. Although there is evidence that the environment is a factor in human health, scientists have yet to find why. Even with this scientific support, is nature truly necessary for a healthy lifestyle? Granted, being able to engage with nature is one of the best ways
In our adolescence we experience many things that can affect our live. When we are at young age, we are more at risk to get into addictions. We want to experiment new things that adults do like smoke, drink alcohol or even do drugs. But during this period of time we are in school, we also experiment our first sentimental relationship. In the scientific article by Giordano, Longmire and Manning entitled, “Gender and the Meanings of Adolescent Romantic Relationships: A Focus on Boys. It talks about some main points of relationship those are communication, emotion and influence. Sometimes is not what we expect from the person or in reality is that we think different than others. With the time we may experience lots of relationships it could be
The purpose of this article was to see whether or not certain areas of a mother’s brain change after having a baby. The participants of the study were 19 women who had recently given birth. All of the women gave birth at the same hospital. Each of the participants had images taken of their brains two to four weeks, and three to four months after giving birth. This was done to see if their were any changes in the grey matter of their brain. The scientists discovered that grey matter does increase in certain areas of the brain after a woman gives birth. The areas where the scientist saw grey matter growth are associated with maternal behaviors, “The areas affected support maternal
The importances of brain storming when it comes to writing about your past express and also the importances of having multiple different endings to your story until you find the right one is stressed in this week’s readings the Narration, Memory, and Self Awareness. The author also talks about how important it is to also lay out the order in which you want your paper to flow, do you want to start your story with telling the ending first and then flash back tot he beginning or do you prefer to start at the being of the story and work your way to the end. In the Narration, Memory, and Self Awareness it is stressed to the reader that when it comes to writing down ideas you should write down many possible endings to the story. I plane on using
How I relate to “brainology” from Carol Dweck. My educational experience has been kindergarten-fifth grade in Terra Bella Elementary School. Sixth-eighth grade in Carl Smith Middle School. Ninth-twelve grade in Porterville High School. There was times where I enjoyed going to school, but then I had no interest. I had difficulty learning about a subject most of the time, but what I did was ask a teacher for help. In “brainology” Dweck talks about the two different mindsets that there is fixed and growth mindset (Dweck 1). I’ve experienced a growth mindset during my educational experience.
The 20th century has witnessed a technological revolution; technology has changed our society, shaped our thoughts and social life. Some people believe that technology is destructive to our minds and makes people lazy thinkers. In his article “Smarter than you think”, Clive Thompson agrees that technology has changed our minds but for the better because it provides humans with many information and resources to enhance their cognitive learning. The world should embrace technology and not fear the changes.
In the story Thank you M’am by Langston Hughes, Mrs. Jones treats the boy pretty good because she wanted to take him home to clean his face up after he tried to steal instead of taking him to jail so I think she was pretty nice to the boy. In paragraph 26 the author writes, “let the water run until it gets warm.” This quote supports the claim because she let the boy into her house to use the sink. I don’t think any other person would let a person that just tried to steal their pocketbook. So this means she was pretty nice to Roger. Another piece of evidence is in paragraph 44 the author writes, “when they were eating she got up and said, “Now, here take this ten dollars and buy yourself some blue suede shoes.” This quote supports the claim
The human body is divided into many different parts called organs. All of the parts are controlled by an organ called the brain, which is located in the head. The brain weighs about 2. 75 pounds, and has a whitish-pink appearance. The brain is made up of many cells, and is the control centre of the body. The brain flashes messages out to all the other parts of the body.
It has been shown that the brain works in many mysterious ways, some of which have not been discovered or explained yet. Though one of the most fascinating yet more controversial discoveries is brain dominance, or the left and right hemispheres and what roles each hemisphere has in our lives. Have you ever wondered why you write better with your right or left hand or why you tend to see out of your right or left eye better? Both these two things, as well as many others are determined by which hemisphere is more dominant.
In Psychology, we touched bases on the main sections of the brain how they’re interconnected to our senses and our personalities. Aside from being a prerequisite, I took a college Psychology class to further my understanding of the tendencies of myself and others. With this being said, the introduction to brain anatomy was intriguing to me because it gave me a sense of understanding of why a lot people are the way they are.
At a young age, I was exposed to my parents very unhealthy relationship, giving me the curiosity as to what love really is. As I inched closer and closer to my teenage years, I fantasized about like my relationships would look like. Having my first boyfriend at the age of twelve, I felt like I understood more than then all of the other kids my age, but of course, I was wrong. A couple years later I found a boy who made me feel like together we could take on the whole world. We saw each other every day and told each other everything it was greater than I had ever dreamed. Little did I know, I ended up in a relationship more violent and emotionally painful than the one my parents had. This experience changed my whole life severely affecting the path and road I would take in school, with my friendships, and entire outlook on my future.