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In
the last few centuries a lot of research has been carried out to
study the structures and workings of our brains. It is known now
about 95 percent of all information about the human
brain.
The
study has given us a clear idea about the component part of the
brain
--> Information processing
--> Important (main) function
of the brain
--> Skill centers and their
distribution through the brain
--> How do we learn and what do
we recall most easily?
--> What technique is adapted
by those extraordinary yet normal people who are able to remember
so much more than others?
The
Brain cell:
The
human brain consists of one million brain cells. Each brain contains
a vast electrochemical complex and a powerful micro - data
processing and transmitting system. Each of the brain cells has a
central body and thousands of branches radiating from the center or
nucleus. These branches are called dendrites. One of them is large
and is called the axon. This transmits the information from the
cell.
Each
dendrite spine button contains bundles of chemicals which and the
major message - carries in our thinking process. A dendrite spine /
synaptic button from one brain cell will link with a synaptic button
from another brain cell. When an electrical impulse travels through
the brain cell, chemicals will be transferred across the minute,
liquid filled space between the two. This space is called the
synaptic gap.
The
chemicals move into the receiving surface creating an impulse that
travels through the receiving brain cell where it is directed to an
adjoining brain cell.
A
brain cell may receive incoming pulses from hundreds of thousands of
connecting points every second, acting like a vast telephone
exchange. The sum data of all incoming information and will redirect
it along the appropriate path.
As
a message is passed from brain cell to brain cell, a biochemical
electromagnetic pathway is established. Each of these neuronal
pathways is known as a 'memory trace'. These memory traces or mental
maps are one of the most exciting areas of modern brain research and
have given some startling conclusions.
We
can show that each of the ten billion neurons in the human brain has
a possibility of connection of one with twenty-eight noughts after
it! If a single neuron has this quality of potential, we can hardly
imagine what the whole brain can do. What it means is that the total
number of possible combination / permutations in the brain, if
written out, would be followed by 10.5 million km of
noughts.
No
human yet exists who can use all the potential of his brain. This is
why we don't accept any pessimistic estimates of the limits of the
human brain. It is unlimited.
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