The Amazing Human Body

Episode 24 As promised, I will now tell you where you can find Einsteins Brain, but first some interesting facts: - Einstein did not learn to speak until the age of four and his teacher later said that there wouldn't be much of this boy when he grew-up. - His brain was 15% wider than that of a normal human, much because he was great at visualizing things making his inferior parietal regions wider. So, where is his brain now? when his autopsy was complete his brain was later divided and sent to various universities to be studied. it can there for be enjoyed throughout the entire world, but mainly in the United States. stingleback@live.com

Episode 23 You might think that memories are stored in the brain much like a video. this is completely false. The brain captures a memory much like photography, small pictures of a situation. and then constructs the pieces in between on it's own. This makes for a very bad memory if you want it to be accurate, this is why witnesses in court can tell a story completely different from one another. Memories are also very fragile and especially when we just have experienced one and before it is stored in our long term memory base. stingleback@live.com

Episode 22 No matter how much computers and smart-phones want you to believe it, you can probably only do one thing at a time. Multi-tasking is something only 2.5% of the population can actually do without seeing a degradation in performance. These people are called super-taskers. "Hang-on", I hear you say, "I can drive and talk at the same time". Yes, that's true! but what you are actually doing is putting you driving "on hold" by letting your unconsciousness do it for you. Try instead driving though a battlefield with bombs going off and having an existential conversation about life. stingleback@live.com

Episode 21 When a person takes drugs, such as cocaine, the brains pleasure center lights up and pleasure substances such as dopamine and seratone are released. There are other ways to activate the same area though, and without spending your life-savings, being illegal or ruining your life. The answer is doing good deeds, such as helping someone or contributing to charity. That way The same area will light up. stingleback@live.com

Episode 20 Inside the brain there is something called Mirror Neurons. Mirror Neurons is an expression scientists use to describe the behavior in neurons in a certain situation. If you see someone stub their toe, for example, the same pain area in your brain will light up usually causing you to flinch. Scientists believe that somewhere in these mirror neurons lies the answer to empathy and somewhat the basis of our morality. stingleback@live.com

Episode 19 Some scientists suggests we as humans have reached our limit when it comes to evolving. This also includes the brain. If they are right it means we humans won't become any smarter. we will of course unlock many more secrets about our universe, but we as an animal appear to have stopped evolving. This manly comes down to us not having to fight for survival any longer, we have therefore taken genetics into our own hands. stingleback@live.com

Episode 18 There is a myth going around that says we humans only use 10% of our brain. This is false. We use our entire brain everyday. What the statement should say instead is that we humans use 100% of our brains but not all at once. If we would however use 100% all at once our brains would overheat and we would damage ourselves greatly in the process. I'm sorry, Mr. Cooper, but you can not be Limitless. stingleback@live.com

Episode 17 Everyone has either a left or a right side of ones brain that is more dominant. it is said that if it is your right you are usually more imaginative and intuitive, but if it's the other way around however, you are more likely to be more logical and analytic. Something amazing to add to that is that if you are a person who is considered to having a left dominated personality your right half will check up on the other half every 90 second or so. stingleback@live.com

Episode 16 Many experts disagree on the reason for dreams. Some say It's a way for the brain to work through our daily life, much like a coping mechanism. Others say that it's strictly random impulses from the brain, but so far we just don't know for certain. 3,000 years ago the Egyptians thought dreams could be interpreted into telling the future, though this is still something that is ever present in our society, it is also looked down upon in the scientific community as something irrational. stingleback@live.com

Episode 15 You have undoubtedly heard and understood the concept of Deja Vu, but what actually happens when we experience one? Well, There is no one answer to the question but scientists suggests that when we experience a so called Deja Vu our temporal lobe is having a siezure. Making some senses react in real time and others such as our sight slugging along a few seconds back makes for the feeling of being here before. stingleback@live.com

Episode 14 A discovery that has been made within a day or two of this reaching the podcast could change the way we look at our own urine. Scientists have been able to manipulate urine into neurons through lab tests. The target group for these studies have been Alzheimer patience and the results have truly been mind blowing. This could mean we have a cure for the mind-eating decease within years... Exciting. stingleback@live.com

Episode 13 Recently, scientists have discovered that there might be an extra lobe right in the center of the brain. The name for the lobe has not yet been given but the attributes for the designated area are remarkable. Scientists say there might be an area inside the brain that hosts telekinetic properties. How and in what way is not yet decisive, but the potential could be unlocked in the near future. stingleback@live.com

Episode 12 Situated just underneath the brain, and attached quite awkwardly, is the so called Cerebellum. Cerebellum is Latin and means little-brain. From this central we gain control over our body through balance and coordination. The reason we know this is not from seeing it in action or by observing it in a controlled experiment, it is actually from observing people with a damaged Cerebellum. stingleback@live.com

Episode 11 The fourth and final Lobe in our brain is the The Occipital Lobe. It almost exclusively deals with our sight and without it we are all blind. Because we humans use our seeing as our premium sense, the Occopital Lobe takes up a fairly large amount of our brain- nearly 50% stingleback@live.com

Episode 10 The Parietal Lobe is situated just on top of the Temporal Lobe and it's functions are amazing! Being in charge of integrating sensory functions inside the body, the Parietal Lobes main objective is to manipulate the muscles of our body, Making us move! stingleback@live.com

Episode 09 The Temporal Lobe is situated behind the ear, which is handy because the primary objective for this part of the brain is auditory perception, such as, hearing. It also deals with most things associated with language, such as, speech and vision. If someone were to remove a random part of this area of the brain, you might lose the ability to understand letters or words for example. stingleback@live.com

Episode 8 The frontal lobe mainly contains dopamine-reactive neurons, which means it's extra sensitive in determining our behavior. From here everything from reward, planning, short-term memory and motivation is controlled. If you are bad at planning for example it probably comes down to you having a poorly evolved frontal lobe, but don't worry, the frontal lobe is one of the last things that fully develops inside the brain. Hang in there, there's still hope! stingleback@live.com

Episode 7 If you've ever tried to study the brain there is one word that pops up a lot; Gray matter. So what is gray matter? Well, Gray matter is simply a word scientists use to describe the brains outer tissue. Ironically, calling what gives our lives so much color and so much excitement, something so dull. Being the head of coordination, reception, memory and speech- you would be tempted say the brain would be quite gray without gray matter. stingleback@live.com

Episode 6 Pain is something we only witness in our mind- yes, that's right, scrubbing your knee doesn't mean your knee actually hurts. You knee is only sending pain signals to the brain which then recognizes the inconvenience. However, if I were to open up your head and punch your brain, you would actually not feel any pain at all because there are no pain senders inside the brain itself- Ironic isn't it! stingleback@live.com

Episode 5 Many people ask themselves; why does the brain look so wrinkly? The simple answer to the question is that it makes more room for information. if you would flatten out the wrinkles, and make it a smoother surface, the brain would hold about a third of the capacity. If we look at other animals, such as the frog, the brain is smoother looking which also makes for a more primitive being. stingleback@live.com

Episode 4 If a certain pattern of behavior in a human is regular you can usually spot it in the neurons inside the brain. For example if a person is accustomed to solving hard calculus math problems he or she will after a while become good at it simply by doing it often enough- the neuron pattern becomes stronger. This is something we humans are doing all the time without actually thinking about it- it's like riding a bicycle. stingleback@live.com

Episode 3 Even though the brain only weighs about 3 pounds, or 2% of the bodyweight, it consumes nearly 30% of the total calorie intake. Add to that 20% of the total oxygen intake from the lungs. The brain also consists of about 75% water and 60% fat. How that's possible even I'm don't know. ... Science. Stingleback@live.com

Episode 2 Because we've never witnessed a mind without a physical brain, we shall focus our research on the human sponge-like matter. The human brain is mainly composed by a staggering amount of neurons. These neurons are then connected to other neurons and cells. And the amount of connections are astounding. In only a square inch of brain matter there are more connections between neurons and cells than there are stars in our Galaxy, doubled. stingleback@live.com

welcome! To BBC Learning Channels Most loved and enjoyed show, The Amazing Human Body! Where we take close looks at the Human Body from the inside and out. My name is Matthew Stingleback and I'll be your host and guide through this adventure! This time we've gathered our bandsaws and head-sized jars to educate ourselves about the human mind! Join me won't you! ...Goodbye! For information please contact stingleback@live.com