The Brain

The brain is the most complex matter in the whole world. Every ones' brain works differently and functions differently but some things that they all have in common are: weighs 3 pounds, 5% water,has over 100 billion neurons and when someone is born their brain is the same size as an adult brain but contains the most brain cells in your life at this time. Every time you make a new memory, new brain connections are created and when we learn something new the structure of our brain changes. How amazing is that? To know that throughout our lives and even throughout the day our brain is constantly changing. The brain basically has two parts to it: the left hemisphere and the right hemisphere. Each hemisphere contains different qualities that makes us, us. While the left side has logic, language, science, math and analytic thoughts. Our right side has holistic thoughts, creativity, art, music, and intuition. Have you ever heard of someone saying that left handed people are more creative? Well, sad to say but that actually is not true. Everyones' brain is the same with these hemispheres, some people just use one side more than the other but that doesn't mean they they are more creative or more smart than the other person. When your brain gets injured the functions of that part of the brain are never the same again. In Miguel Nicolelis TED talk, he is talking about the soccer player who was paralyzed from his chest to his toes resulting from a car accident. Because of the injury that the young man suffered from, his brain was injured in a particular part to where it stopped his motor functions and that part of his brain will never be the same because of the injury. Later on in his TED talk, he expresses how the young man was able to make the first kick at the world cup. How is this possible? They make a machine to help him walk, stand, and kick a ball all with the power of his brain and his thoughts. They hooked up some wires to his brain that are connected to the machine and when he thinks about waking, that is exactly what the machine will do. It is crazy to think how exactly our brains are able to do that even when the body is paralyzed. With anything that we are doing from me writing this blog, to falling asleep at night our brain is constantly changing and working. If you think about it, where would we be without our brain? It controls anything and everything we do in our lives. It's what makes you, you!

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  1. UnknownFebruary 5, 2018 at 6:51 AM

    This was one of my favorite TED talks as well due to my love of sports.Also, because I learned how much technology is really out there and available to us, and what it is capable of. My mind was blown when I learned of this experiment. I never thought that it was possible to think your body into doing something. That's what caught my attention the most.

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  2. Dr.Pris SelvarajFebruary 6, 2018 at 7:03 AM

    Stormey, I would encourage you to add pictures and links to the TedTalk or other resources you have found in conjunction to your reading. To make a post stand out, you will have to make it easier for the reader to read and one way to do that it by making it lively and colorful; also you can make them in smaller section so it is not one BIG paragraph. Work on organization and creativity. Your writing is good, just those features will make it even more interesting for the readers.

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  3. UnknownFebruary 11, 2018 at 5:10 PM

    Hi Sormey! I didn't watch this TED talk but from what you said, that soccer player has an amazing life story! I don't know what I would do if I was paralyzed from the chest down but for someone to have gone through that and then take the first kick of the world cup is truly mind blowing. I loved that you took the time to explain how the brain works and what certain parts of the brain do and how they make the rest of the body function. Adding a couple of cool brain pictures would've made your page a little more lively but you still did a fantastic job!

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  4. UnknownFebruary 11, 2018 at 8:20 PM

    i would love a link to the Ted talk because this truly does sound interesting. The story is so amazing and i would love to see how they were able to help this kid. Though I did not see this video, you gave me a small sliver about it and which has me extremely interested. Great Job.

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  5. UnknownFebruary 12, 2018 at 8:24 PM

    Heyy. So I thought this was a really good explanation of the brain, what its made of, and how each hemispheres controls us. Using the story of the athlete who lost everything due to his brain injury, but was able to use other parts of his brain to do the thing he loved once more was super powerful. The brain is such an amazing thing. Anyways, this was really easy to read and understand. You were very fluent and good at getting out what you needed to say. Keep up the good work!

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