Sunday, September 15, 2013

Another Discussion of Brains....

Hi! So, it's been a little while, and I wanted to talk about the brain. I thought I needed movies throughout of people using both hemispheres of their brains. Just so you know there will be at least one video on each post because I love movies.
I know what you're thinking. You're thinking that the brain is either completely fascinating, or it's disgusting. Take your pick of these two ideas. I don't care which you pick. 


In actuality, your brain does things without telling you. That doesn't mean it goes behind your back and does things you don't want it to. I doubt anyone reading this is going "breathe in, breathe out, breathe in...." over and over again. This is because your brain only shows you some of the things it's doing at any given time. Like, if you stood up, you most likely don't know exactly how much weight you need to put on each foot so you stand up. You just do it.

















(I know how you will react when I say the next words. Don't worry, the purpose of this blog isn't to bore you, it's to let me pass my class.)


















In my English class, we read a chapter out of Daniel Pink's "A Whole New Mind". It was about the difference between the hemispheres in your brain, and how society used to look down upon the right hemisphere. It's whole purpose is that both are equal, and you must use both hemispheres. The right side may house your creativity, but your left houses your organizational (I seriously don't have any of that, it's just how I am,) language, and mathematical side.










These links are not-so-funny right/left brain websites with actual information, even though I don't know anyone who would read them.

Thursday, September 5, 2013

First Post..... Enjoy!
Everyone has problems. I'm not going to solve them for you, because that's not my thing, but here are some indiscriminate ideas, traits, and simple solutions to help. "Habits of the Mind" is an amazingly peculiar piece about the skills good problem solvers have acquired and mastered. A good problem solver has persistence, is able to manage impulsivity, listen to others while understanding and empathizing, think flexibly, strive for accuracy and precision, question and pose problems, and apply past knowledge to new situations. Balance between the skills in needed. This is a video of squirrels solving their problems using these skills.

Good problem solvers also have a range of solutions they can try. The people in the following videos don't.

Obviously, you could also try some of these solutions....
Good luck.
http://www.usereffect.com/topic/how-to-solve-any-problem