Professor Victoria
Vesna discussed an individualistic topic this week known as Neuroscience and
Art. The lectures included videos. One video that left an impression
incorporated Franz Joseph Gall’s discovery of the brain and its twenty-seven
separate organs. There twenty-seven organs were showed on the phrenology chart
and compared to the human brain. After the human brain was analyzed, he then
compared it to an animal’s brain, and concluded that there were nineteen of the
twenty-seven sections of the brain were common between the humans and animals.
This then solidifies information people have been told for year, that humans
are not much different than animals. The main difference between the human and
animal brain is that humans are significantly more developed. Each section of
the brain can be compared to a muscle. The more a muscle is exercised the
stronger that muscle will get over time. This is the exact same thing for a
human’s brain. The more a person reads or does different problem solving or
critical thinking exercises, the strong that person’s brain will be. This
theory of certain parts of the brain developing the more they are used stems
from Franz Joseph Gall. Because of this theory, we can only blame our own self
when we find our self studying late for our weakest subject. According to
Franz, we are most likely struggling to comprehend the certain material because
of our lack of brain exercise.
The
next important person discussed in professor Vesna’s lectures for this week’s
topic is Sigmund Freud. Freud’s main argument was that the brain never sleeps. His
focus was making the unconscious conscious. And his theories mission was to
show that the unconscious mind governs behavior of the conscious mind. His
book, The Interpretation of Dreams, discusses
different mindsets, which were develop to explain the unconscious conscious
mind. The two categories and names for the mindsets were labeled and referred
to as, the unconscious mind (ID), the conscious mind (Ego), and the conscience
mind (superego). These three names for the different mindsets has simplified his
theory which has helped psychology and psychobiology researchers.
In
past weeks’ topics, we have learned that art can be part of just about anything.
This week we can intertwine neuroscience and art by analyzing the effect music has
on a person’s brain. Certain sounds can help a person recall memories or create
or form new memories/ideas. Music is something that can help prove Franz’s
theory. Music exercises a specific section or muscle of a person’s brain, which
allows them to remember the lyrics 10+ years later. Not only do the songs
exercise muscles of the brain, but the songs also because the songs and sounds
help trigger and release the memories that are already stored in the brain.
FJ Gall. “The History of Phrenology.” Web. 16 May 2017.
"Sigmund Freud." Biography.com.
A&E Networks Television, 28 Apr. 2017. Web. 15 May 2017.
Vesna, Victoria. "UC
Online." Uconline.edu. Web.
Vesna, Victoria.
"Neuroscience-pt1.mov." YouTube. UC Online Program, 15 May 2017. Web. 15 May 2016
Vesna, Victoria.
"Neuroscience-pt2.mov." YouTube. UC Online Program, 15 May 2017. Web. 15 May
2016Vesna, Victoria. "Neuroscience-pt3.mov." YouTube.
UC Online Program, 15 May 2012. Web. 15 May 2017
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