Essays on Brain

The underlying association between brain activities and personality types can be difficult to ascertain given the complexity of the human brain and variance of personality sub-types. For example, introversion and extraversion only represents the polar opposite of a range of personalities. Keeping this in mind,...

The cognitive approach to behavior is the study of processing information within the human brain. The mental activities that involved thinking and remembering is known as cognition. Within the cognitive memory was the schema theory which claimed that our knowledge regarding the world is organized...

With the advent of social media the variety of digital media is growing exponentially. The sole purpose of media is to introduce a sense of joy among users. Multimedia customization and recommendations depend on emotional traits of the content a user is watching. The levels...

Here’s a question: Do you ever realize that you or people around you spend a significant portion of your time everyday trying to make yourself look attractive and interesting for other people to see? Do you ever realise that you might pay too much attention...

Being mindful of our emotions is being aware of our feelings and realizing how they impact us. Although some may believe that exercising the practice of mindfulness blurs the line between teacher and therapist, Argos Gonzalez a teacher who practices the use of mindfulness in...

In this article, “When Science Meets Mindfulness” by Alvin Powell, is about how researchers study the change in the brain in depressed patients through studies and meditation. Throughout this article, it follows Benjamin Shapero, who is an instructor in psychiatry at HMS and a psychologist...

The brain is the most powerful organ in the body. It gives us the ability to feel emotion and to critically reason, classifying mankind as the most intelligent species on the planet. We know it’s potential but it has been scientifically proven that we only...