[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.