The Most Amazing Machine: Brain Specialization: What It Involves and Does Not Involve
The brain has developed clever strategies to invest more in the development of specific abilities on one side than the other. Because the brain engages in this kind of specialization some people ask where the elements of our personalities are ...
The Great Mystery: What is Consciousness
Six psychologists grapple with the definition of consciousness. Their attempts to explain consciousness range from calling it a state of perceptive awareness to characterizing it as an inner experience that is unique to each individual. This is such...
Endless Questions: Future of Psychological Research, The
No one research method is best. Each approach has its pros and cons, and all are needed to understand human behavior. Psychology is becoming more of a serious science that builds on its own successes. The next generation must continue to push, a...
The Great Mystery: Levels of Consciousness
Researchers agree that there are various levels of consciousness, from concentrated attention at one end of the spectrum to a total lack of consciousness at the other. Most of what we do tends to be on the unconscious end of the continuum. A classic...
The Most Amazing Machine: Splitting the Brain
Connecting the left and right hemispheres of the brain is a large bridge of nerve fibers called the corpus callosum. Little was known about this section of the brain until neurosurgeon Joseph Bogen cut the corpus callosum to relieve patients with ...