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How do the brain think? – Tom, 16, San Diego, California
Have you ever wondered how your brain creates thoughts or why did something accidentally come to mind? It may look like magic, but in reality the brain is like a supercomputer inside your head, which helps you think, learn and make decisions.
Imagine your brain as a busy city with many streets and buildings. Each part of the brain must carry out specific work, as in certain parts of the city or certain buildings, serves for different purposes. When you think, it’s like a message traveling through the city, going from one area to another.
As a professor of psychology and neuroscience, I have been studying my brain for almost 20 years. Neurologists, neuroscientists and neurosurgeons work every day to better understand the brain. And there is still a lot to learn.
Practice and repetition create skills
Neuron is the main player of the brain – these are small cells that send and receive signals and messages so they can communicate with each other.
Your brain has between 80 billion and 100 billion neurons. Neurons tend to get into neuronal tract, which would be similar to city streets and highways. When you think, brain neurons light up and create electrical impulses. These impulses tend to travel on similar roads and release tiny chemicals called neurotransmitters.
These neurotrators are like a construction crew that is building roads, making it easier to hand over messages. You can imagine it as a dirt path, but as more traffic – these are neuronal signals – traveling to the mud road, the road will be renewed to a paved street. If the traffic continues, it is renewed to the highway.
When you learn new things and experience the surrounding world, these relationships intensify. For example, when you are learning how to ride a bike, you may be unstable and have a hard time coordinating all the different muscles along with your ability to balance. However, the more you practice, the more neurons controlling your muscles, and your ability to balance the fire together, which makes it much easier when you practice. Neurons connect together and form nerve networks.
That is why practice and repetition are important in improving your skills, whether to play piano or learn a language. Neuronal networks are created and then strengthens, they communicate together at the time. Scientists in this field have a saying: “Neurons that cause a show together”. Certain patterns of thinking or behavior can be attached to such a re -synchronized activity.
Development of creativity
You only understand a very small part of your brain information. It all comes from your senses – glances, sounds, taste, smells and touch. When you see a cute puppy or hear your favorite song, your senses send signals to the brain, causing a chain reaction of thoughts and emotions.
The brain also protects memories that are like computer files that you can access as soon as you need them. Memories help to shape your thoughts and influence the way you see the world.
If you remember a fun day on the beach, it can make you feel happy and relaxed. If you smell an apple pie, it can resemble your grandmother’s baking. These thoughts are activated as these pleasant associations have been formed in your brain and have intensified over time.
Creativity is another superpower of the brain. When you allow your imagination to run, your brain can come up with new ideas, stories and inventions. Artists, writers and scientists all use their creative brain to investigate new opportunities and solve problems.
Have you ever experienced a moment of Eureka when a wonderful idea comes to mind? This is your brain way to combine points and come up with a solution.
Keep your brain healthy
Many scientists agree that sleep is really important so that your brain can process information from the day and allow it to rest and make new relationships. Many people think they have new ideas or thoughts after a good sleep. Also true and without enough sleep, you may feel you can’t think straight.
Along with enough sleep, eat healthy food and exercise. Like the car, you need fuel to work smoothly, your brain needs nutrients and oxygen to make it best to function and increase your thinking power.
Activities that challenge you are also great: reading, doing puzzles, playing music, creating art, creating mathematics, writing essays and book reports and magazines. Positive thinking also helps. Remember that what you consume – what you eat or watch, listen or read, has the power to affect your brain.
Conversely, smoking cigarettes, vaporizing, alcohol consumption and drug use kill brain cells. Thus, there may be injuries that can occur when exercising like football, football and cycling, but towing a helmet can make a big impact.
The brain is a charming organ that has a tireless effect on creating thoughts, memories and ideas. As technology progresses, scientists will become more and more aware of how biological processes cause our conscious experience. The challenges associated with the brain are like a neuromoxic image of the moon – we have to go a long way until we fully understand how it works.
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This article has been published from a conversation, non -profit, independent news organizations that provide you with facts and reliable analysis to help you give meaning to our complex world. It was written by: Jennifer Robinson, AUBRUN University
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Dr. Jennifer L. Robinson is a professor at the Department of Psychological Sciences at the University of Aubun. She also works as a paid consultant VDF Futureceuticals, Inc. and has received funding from the company’s clinical trials.