I went to Vancouver downtown with Jennifer today!
It was so much fun, except we did not have much time to really look around everywhere.
Sadly, we missed the olympic fire thing, but I think I will visit there again to see it, soon!
We actually went shopping too for a while. :P
Wow, it is already 11 o'clock and I am really tired..., but I'm not going to go to sleep.
Because..I need to do my school homework~
Ah.....so stressful! But after using this massage bar I had bought from Lush, 'I' smell so good that it makes me sniff myself every two seconds. Heehee x)
Maybe I will start posting random things here. It actually is fun. I feel like..I'm letting out all my stress and stories on here. Anyway, I am going to go do my homework.
See you tomorrow.
Friday, February 19, 2010
[Questions] A Whole New Mind - Intro~pg.17
1) What surprised you?
I did not know the detailed process of taking pictures of your brain. I also have never heard of fMRI before. It was unexpected that the author, who is trying to say that the right-brainers will rule the next age, is admitting that left brain is what separates humans from animals and that it perhaps is and will be always necessary. I learned that for faces, the right hemisphere works and for pictures of fear and danger, our left hemisphere works.
2) What did you already know?
I knew that MRI takes pictures of your brain. I also knew about James Watson, the scientist who helped discover DNA. I knew that our brain and divided into two hemispheres and that the left works analytically and the right works artistically.
3) Brand new words
Gargantuan - enormous
Torpedo - a self-propelled, cigar-shaped missile
Banal - devoid of freshness or originality
Saboteur - a person who commits or practices sabotage
Adherent - supporter of a cause or a person
Repository - a place where things are deposited
Nuaned - a subtle difference or distinction
4) What changes will you make after reading this?
I am not sure yet, but I learned a lot about our brain so far. I might try to use my right hemisphere more often by thinking nonlinear and more holistically.
5) What questions has this left you with?
- Don't you die if you remove a part of your brain?
-What evidences prove that other animals don't react like humands? (other than speaking language)
6) Other
I want to read more!
7) What connections have you made in real life?
I remembered when I was in elementary school, some guy came in and gave my class a few puzzles and showed us different pictures to work our right-side of brain so it doesn't malfunction.
I did not know the detailed process of taking pictures of your brain. I also have never heard of fMRI before. It was unexpected that the author, who is trying to say that the right-brainers will rule the next age, is admitting that left brain is what separates humans from animals and that it perhaps is and will be always necessary. I learned that for faces, the right hemisphere works and for pictures of fear and danger, our left hemisphere works.
2) What did you already know?
I knew that MRI takes pictures of your brain. I also knew about James Watson, the scientist who helped discover DNA. I knew that our brain and divided into two hemispheres and that the left works analytically and the right works artistically.
3) Brand new words
Gargantuan - enormous
Torpedo - a self-propelled, cigar-shaped missile
Banal - devoid of freshness or originality
Saboteur - a person who commits or practices sabotage
Adherent - supporter of a cause or a person
Repository - a place where things are deposited
Nuaned - a subtle difference or distinction
4) What changes will you make after reading this?
I am not sure yet, but I learned a lot about our brain so far. I might try to use my right hemisphere more often by thinking nonlinear and more holistically.
5) What questions has this left you with?
- Don't you die if you remove a part of your brain?
-What evidences prove that other animals don't react like humands? (other than speaking language)
6) Other
I want to read more!
7) What connections have you made in real life?
I remembered when I was in elementary school, some guy came in and gave my class a few puzzles and showed us different pictures to work our right-side of brain so it doesn't malfunction.
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