PS101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Auditory Cortex, Efferent Nerve Fiber, Action Potential
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Central nervous system: brains, spinal cord. Peripheral nervous system: autonomic nervous system. Obama and harper have launched research projects to prob the depths of the brain. Ottawa has created the brain research fund. Brain studies are still in their infancy (morgenson) Brain is very good at information processing,, but the brain does. Brain is neurochemical in processing - our brain is not as fast as computer. Knowledge is not wisdom acquire knowledge, and put in some context to become wisdom. With consciousness comes individuality, sadness, joy, planning, pain and pleasure, music, Complex brain gives rise to something very different consciousness. Our formal education system is not stimulating creativity. Children stop asking questions around grade 6. Everything that is psychological is also simultaneously biological. We often though brain size would make a difference, but there are many animals with larger brain. Brain weight ratio to flesh ratio: humans 1:50.
