IST 335 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Beer Pong, Pituitary Gland, Cerebral Cortex
8 Apr 2016
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Our brain takes in the world through our senses: to a computer there is no break between words, our brains create breaks between words to make sense of the world. What we see isn"t reality: now think about behavior. If you can perceive something, you can make sense out of it. Where our spinal cord connects, we are very similar to a lizard. Our cerebral cortex is what really diferentiates us: diferent parts have diferent functions, the front is short term memory. Hippocampus: long term memories looks like a horseshoe. We have two of everything in our brains except one thing; your. Pituitary gland: descartes believed this is where our soul rested. One side of your brain takes care of the other side of your body: this is protective for your body, think, if you hit with your right arm, you turn your left side away, protecting it. The point: your brain is complicated and easily biased.
