Accidental Genius

I never imagine that people who had an accidental mental change where ever capable to be genius. Whenever I hear “mental accident” in my mind I picture some kind of distortion or something similar. These people are called savants, which they start to develop their abnormal brain before they are born (they actually do have a disability). The left-brain is fully damage leading the right brain to function better and more efficiently. This means that by the right brain functioning excellent you will have outstanding talents in certain area… it is AMAZING. What I learned from the video is the existence of these weird humans. One story example in which by now I still can’t believe is 100% true and for my opinion is one of the most shocking is Kim’s, he was mentally retarded but could read 500 or more book pages in simply and hour when I can barely read abour 15-20 pages in an hour. He also had memorized 9,000 books, that isn’t retardation to me!! For some part, it is good these people have some kind of abilities after being different from people in your surroundings, but my question is... would in the inside want to be NORMAL?

Nature vs. Nurture

Many scientists are still searching answers for such controversial questions like: does homosexuality comes from family genes or is it the way we react to our surroundings? But what traits does human inherit by these reactions? They are developing studies from twins to see if homosexuality is natured or nurtured. In this video of Nature vs. Nurture I learned many things. For example, that childhood gender nonconformity is when the child acts like the opposite sex, indicating that he/she may grow up being gay, but not necessarily. Also, that the more older brothers one has, the more probability there is for him being gay, each time being increased by 1/3 and that this only works for boys. What I found interesting about this video are the identical twins having totally different characteristics and tastes. One of them liking white horses, getting his nails done, pink room, dolls, girly stuff everywhere! Meanwhile, the other one having GI JOE collection, guns, dark room, and military stuff. Although, I don’t know why his mom didn’t do anything to change any of this so they could both have boy stuff. In my opinion, these people are born this way and if you don’t change their taste since little, it will be very difficult to change it. Though, I don’t have any problem with them , but my it doesn’t follow my religion. 

Criminal Minds

Criminal minds and normal minds work totally different. Criminal minds have this thought which becomes a illness or a necessity of using violence against other people and in my opinion they do this because when they were little kids they had a bad experience or they grew up in a place where it occurred frequently and now the found it simply normal. But usually they think in this way because their brain is damaged. The brain could say what things do or what things not to do, but since it is some how damaged it has difficulties making the right decision in saying NO to violence. Not only this may cause violence, but also feelings or emotions. When you are kind of mad or sad you are just thinking on what has happened so it makes you do incorrect things. I learned that the majority of the killers have this trauma or illness since their brain has been damaged. Al though it is known that criminal’s mind and normal people’s mind are more likely the same, scientist have proven wrong. They scanned some brains and found some differences in the images. Now, the behavior and their capacity of recognizing what’s wrong or what’s right convinced me even more that brain damage may lead to violence and end being a serious killer. I believe these people develop illness while growing, looking at their surroundings or traumatic experiences.

Traumatic Brain Injuries

Have you ever wondered how people with brain injuries feel when they see others being capable of everything? Well, they might feel different and it could damage their lives forever. Brain injuries are caused when force is applied to the skull, causing deformity, and this enables the brain the capacity to function well. If a person recently had a brain injury, he or she might be suffering of correct spoken language and having difficulties thinking and understanding problems. These people may have issues adapting to their new world, but recovery is the most important thing and it is a long process. In my opinion, it is also important to have friends and family members present to help them feel like they were before since they may start thinking about solutions in which actually aren’t solutions but they find them the most efficient way of recovering and it is by committing suicide. I found interesting many things, like the three types of brain injuries there are: contusion, Axonal injury and bleeding in the brain. I strongly believe that although persons with traumatic brain injury have some kind of deformity they could still achieve goals and continue with their life with success!

Mind Reading

It is amazing how technology advances every day! There exist ways to look your brain, but is there something in which actually recognizes what you are thinking?  Yes there is, I learned it in psychology last week. I couldn’t believe it. This machine called MRI is a machine used to look inside your brain scanning all your thoughts while you are thinking and then it even analyze and recognizes in which parts of your brain the information appears!  It is similar like an x-ray, but way more advanced. What I learned about this video is that several parts of the brain work together to produce your thoughts when you think of something. What I found interesting was the way the computer scanned every item the person was thinking about and that it could notice some of the places you have been before in your life time, I can’t imagine how it would be some day it was improved. Maybe it would be proficient in recognize everything your brain is thinking about, but also consider the risks people could have after going through the scanning of MRI. 

Inside the Teenage Brain

Teenagers tend to struggle through their emotions for years. We have different kinds of mood most of the time and sometimes it feels like if we have to do what we wish for whenever we wish for it. Now, I understand why sometimes I change humor very quickly and without a reason. Throughout this video, I found and learned many interesting facts about the teenage brain. The frontal lobe is the one in which controls our personality and reasoning, but since it is not completely developed it affects the way we react towards others or affects in the future by the decisions we make and our parents don’t seem to understand us. The most interesting fact of what I learned was if teenagers don’t get enough hours asleep their capability of learning will decrease. It happens to me all the time, I only sleep 6 hours a day and I know I have I higher potential of learning in school and doing better in my grades but because I do not get at least 8 hours of sleep I can’t. It is very important for teenagers to have a fulfilling sleep since lack of sleep makes it more difficult for students to concentrate in school, especially during those early-morning classes, affects memory and learning.