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The Workings of The Brain: Powers of The Mind

The document summarizes key aspects of brain structure and function. It discusses that the brain is responsible for overall body functioning and is composed of three main parts - the hindbrain, midbrain, and forebrain. The forebrain controls intellectual activity and consciousness. Each hemisphere of the brain controls the opposite side of the body and different hemispheres are specialized for different types of thinking and processing. Nurturing creativity involves techniques like associative thinking, mind mapping, and maintaining attitudes of optimism, persistence and imagination.

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The Workings of The Brain: Powers of The Mind

The document summarizes key aspects of brain structure and function. It discusses that the brain is responsible for overall body functioning and is composed of three main parts - the hindbrain, midbrain, and forebrain. The forebrain controls intellectual activity and consciousness. Each hemisphere of the brain controls the opposite side of the body and different hemispheres are specialized for different types of thinking and processing. Nurturing creativity involves techniques like associative thinking, mind mapping, and maintaining attitudes of optimism, persistence and imagination.

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The Workings of the Brain:

Powers of the Mind


How can I
improve my
learning?
BRAIN
 It is a 3-pound organ.
 It is responsible of the overall functioning
of our body.
 It is like a capsule of our consciousness,
of what we know, and of our memories.
 Because of its critical role, it's important
to care for it and nurture its gifts.
Key Parts of the Brain

Hindbrain
 It is responsible for our instinctive, autonomic behaviour that
serves survival functions.
Mid Brain
 It is the conduction and switching center of the brain that
enables responses to happen.
Forebrain
 It is in-charge of our intellectual activity and consciousness.
 Medulla – controls vital functions like respiration,
blood circulation, digestion, and heart rate
 Cerebellum – regulates posture, balance, and
muscular coordination
 Pons – acts as a bridge between the medulla and othe
r parts of the brain; regulates movement, sleep and ar
ousal.
 Reticular activating system – regulates attention,
movement, sleep, waking, and reflexes.
 Hearing, vision relay point
o It is important that you are able to make sense o
f what you see by accurately perceiving
letters, words, and symbols.
o Following verbal directions: not only hearing
the words but recalling following the
sequence of instructions
 Pain registered
 Cerebrum – acts as “executive center” of the brain res
ponsible for remembering, learning, and thinking as
well as taking charge of language and emotion
 Thalamus – relays sensory information
 Hypothalamus – secrete hormones and controls physi
ological functions like temperature, hunger, and thirst
 Corpus Callosum – connects the two hemisphere
 Pituitary Gland – the master gland that secretes
hormones and controls the endocrine system
LATERALIZATION OF THE BRAIN:
The Two Hemispheres of the Brain
Are you a LEFT or a RIGHT brain person?
Joseph Bogen &
Roger Wolscott Sperry  Brain surgeons and
researchers.
 They investigated
the brain's function.
 They found out that
there are different
ways of processing
information that
occur in the two
hemispheres.
Left Hemisphere Right Hemisphere
o Controls the right o Controls the left
side of the body.
o It is responsible for the side of the body.
intellectual, logical, o It takes care of the
functions necessary for creative, intuitive
understanding, writing, and emotional
and speaking. aspects.
Assessment:
Brain Dominant Test
Whole Brain Theory
William Edward “Ned” Herrmann
(1922-1999) He studied results of EEG or
electroencephalograph scans
and discovered four major
types of thinking:
Analytical
Practical
Relational
Experimental
 He developed Herrmann Brain
Dominance Instrument (HBDI) to find
out one's preferred thinking style.
 Whole brain thinking pursues a
holistic approach by making use of all
thinking abilities available to you.
ANALYTICAL PRACTICAL RELATIONAL EXPERIMENTAL
Rational Organized Feeling-oriented Creative, artistic

Logical Procedure count, Intuitive Holistic, integrative


Step-by-step

Factual Action-oriented In-tuned with other Imaginative


feeling

Objective Detailed plans are Communication is Follows “gut feel” in


important important solving problems

Quantitative Consistent Values relationship Likes to try new things


with others

Focuses in the here & Practical in solving Nurturing Takes risks


now problems

Takes logical approach Teamwork to solve Future oriented


in problem solving. problems.
Developing Your
Creativity
 It is an expansive way of driving y
our thoughts to venture into the r
ealm of possibilities.
 It is thinking outside the box.
 It does NOT rest on intelligence
alone.
TECHNIQUES
Associative Thinking

It is a mental technique that lets you


explore an idea by considering all pos
sible areas related to the topic.
TECHNIQUES
Mind-Mapping

 It is a creative way of exploring ideas th


rough a graphic or visual presentation.
 It uses words, numbers, colors and spat
ial awareness that expand your brain.
Winning Attitudes:
Optimism, Persistence, and Imagination

The epitome of optimism,


persistence, and imagination.

“Genius is 99% perspiration


and 1% inspiration.”
“I haven’t failed. I’ve just f
ound 10,000 ways that
won’t work.”
- Thomas Edison

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