{"id":23,"date":"2020-01-06T11:05:01","date_gmt":"2020-01-06T19:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moleculesatmidnight.com\/?p=23"},"modified":"2020-09-05T15:30:00","modified_gmt":"2020-09-05T22:30:00","slug":"all-about-the-brain-pt-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/moleculesatmidnight.com\/?p=23","title":{"rendered":"All About the Brain"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/moleculesatmidnight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_0477-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24\" srcset=\"http:\/\/moleculesatmidnight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_0477-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/moleculesatmidnight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_0477-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/moleculesatmidnight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_0477-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/moleculesatmidnight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_0477-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/moleculesatmidnight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_0477-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 680px, 560px\" \/><figcaption>The brain! It&#8217;s pretty cool: let&#8217;s dive in&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Our brain\ndoes a lot for us.&nbsp; It controls\neverything our body does, translates signals and information interpreted by our\nfive senses, keeps memories in a format we can understand, and creates emotion\u2013\nall wrapped up into a 3 pound organ!&nbsp; The\nmain components of the brain are the cerebrum, cerebellum, and brainstem, all\nof which are kept safe and secure inside the skull.&nbsp; Our central nervous system (CNS), included\nthe brain and spinal cord, while the peripheral system consists of branching\nspinal and cranial nerves.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\ncerebrum, the largest part of the brain, contains a left and right hemisphere\nconnected by fibers called corpus callosum.&nbsp;\nHere, we interpret images, sounds, touch, and form speech, reasoning\nskills, emotion, learning, and fine motor control.&nbsp; Interestingly enough, the two lobes control\nopposite sides of the body, so a stroke on the right lobe may paralyze your\nleft side.&nbsp; To stereotype the sides a\nbit, the left deals with speech, understanding new topics, math, and writing,\nwhile the right focuses on the more creative aspects of life.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Underneath the cerebrum is the cerebellum, which organizes larger movements, posture, and balance.\u00a0 Finally, the brainstem ties the system altogether by connecting the cerebrum and cerebellum to the spinal cord.\u00a0 It also regulates automatic body functions such as breathing, internal temperature, sleep cycles, and sneezing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/strong>Our two hemispheres contain 4 lobes each, a frontal, temporal,\nparietal, and occipital one.&nbsp; Each one\ndoes not have a separate function; instead, they work together to function\nproperly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Frontal lobe<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Emotions, personality<\/li><li>Problem solving and\nlogic<\/li><li>Motion<\/li><li>Intelligence<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Parietal lobe<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Speech<\/li><li>Interprets senses <\/li><li>Vision perception<\/li><li>Stores memory<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Occipital lobe<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Interprets color, light,\nand movement<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Temporal lobe<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Interpreting language<\/li><li>Memory<\/li><li>Controls hearing<\/li><li>Organizes thoughts into\npatterns<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCome back next week for a continuation of the\nbrain series, part 2!\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our brain does a lot for us.&nbsp; It controls everything our body does, translates signals and information interpreted by our five senses, keeps memories in a format we can understand,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[12,14],"class_list":["post-23","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-science","tag-anatomy","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/moleculesatmidnight.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/moleculesatmidnight.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/moleculesatmidnight.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/moleculesatmidnight.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/moleculesatmidnight.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/moleculesatmidnight.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/moleculesatmidnight.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/moleculesatmidnight.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/moleculesatmidnight.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}