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Brain

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Brain

Characteristics
- 1.5 kg or 3 pounds
- Represent 2% of body weight
- Consist of approximately 75% water, 10% fat and 8% protein
- Consist of about 100 billion neurons
- consume 20% of total body oxygen
- Utilizes 20% of body’s energy
Brain structure
- Function
  - Cerebral Cortex
    - Temporal lobes
      - Auditory perception
      - Memory acquisition
      - Emotional responses
      - Language and speech production
      - Movement
    - Occipital lobes
      - Visual information
    - Parietal lobes
      - Reasoning
      - Intellect
      - Sensory information processing
      - Memory acquisition
    - Frontal lobes
      - Forward and critical thinking
      - Reasoning
      - Memory acquisition
      - Movement
  - Reptilian Brain
    - Brain Stem
      - Controls life supporting functions of the nervous system
      - Sense of balance (Vestibular function)
      - Sensory alertness
    - Cerebellum
      - Control motor movement coordination
      - Some memory acquisition for reflex motor acts
      - Sensory representation
      - Balance and equilibrium
      - Muscle tone
  - Limbic System
    - Amygdala
      - Hormonal secretions
      - Emotional responses
      - Memory
    - Hypothalamus
      - Maintains homeostasis
      - Maintain autonomic functions of the peripheral nervous system
      - Food and water intake regulation
      - Sleep-wake cycle regulation
    - Hippocampus
      - Send and retrieves memory from long-term storage in the cerebral hemisphere
      - Indexes
    - Olfactory Cortex
      - Identification of odors
    - Thalamus
      - Relays sensory signals to and from the spinal cord and the cerebrum
Brain Theory
- Function
  - Right Brain-Left Brain Theory
    - Left Hemisphere
      - Controls the right side of the body
    - Right Hemisphere
      - Controls the left side of the body
  - Brain Waves Theory
    - Beta, β
      - Problem solving
      - Decision making
      - Analysis
      - Judgment
    - Alpha, α
      - Problem solving
      - Decision making
      - Learning
    - Theta wave, θ
      - Memory
      - Learning
    - Delta wave, ẟ
      - Healing
      - Regeneration
  - The Triune Brain Theory
    - Reptilian complex
      - Controls the body’s vital functions
      - Reliable but tend to be rigid and compulsive
    - Neocortex
      - Abstract thought imagination
      - Flexible
      - Consciousness
      - Infinite learning capabilities
      - Development of human language
    - Limbic System
      - Value the judgment made
      - Unconsciousness
      - Influence the behavior
      - Responsible for emotions
  - Herman Brain Dominance Instrument (HBDI)
    - enables individuals to understand their own thinking style preferences
- Characteristic
  - Herman Brain Dominance Instrument (HBDI)
    - Quadrant A : Logic
      - Logical
      - Analytical
      - Fact-based
      - Quantitative
    - Quadrant B : Organized
      - Organized
      - Sequential
      - Planned
      - Detailed
    - Quadrant C : Sensitive
      - Interpersonal
      - Feeling based
      - Kinesthetic
      - Emotional
    - Quadrant D : Holistic
      - Holistic
      - Intuitive
      - Intergrating
      - Synthesising
Learning Process
- Emotional effect on memory
  - Sensory information
    - Characteristic
      - Positive
        Thinking and learning are enhanced.
        The information will enter the cortex.
      - Negative
        Thinking and learning are inhibited.
        The information will not enter the cortex.
  - Brain areas
    - Function
      - Lower Brain (Reactive Brain)
        It reacts to information instinctively
      - Prefrontal cortex (Thinking Brain)
        It will consciously process and reflect the information (through thinking)
- Brain and Nervous System
  - Type of nerves
    - Function
      - Motor nerves
        Allow the brain to control our muscles by sending a signals to the motor nerves
      - Sensory nerve
        Carry signals about the outside world to the brain
  - Type of nervous system
    - Characteristic
      - The Somatic Nervous System
        Actively control like moving our legs and arms
      - The Autonomic Nervous System
        Works automatically
- Memory process
  - Application
    - Graphic organizer
    - Mind map