Quite frankly, I learned nothing from the York videos. Neither were they inspiring or entertaining. What I did get from it was that people have greatly differing interests, which was already painfully obvious, so really nothing. Nobody interviewed did anything close to what I am doing, which doesn't bother me.
There are multiple experts in the field of neuroscience, but really so little is known that I couldn't just focus on one and get a likable amount of information.
Tuesday, October 28, 2014
Entry 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNY0AAUtH3g
This is a link to a video that goes over how emotions are processed in the brain. It also explained the different hormones activated by the brain when the emotions are processed. This release of hormones are the origin of body language, as they affect the muscles and subconscious neural processes.
How this relates to the study subject is really quite fundamental, being able to directly relate social actions to chemical processes is the base of the whole thing after all.
Why this is an interesting topic is because I want to learn why people choose to do the actions they do and how much their choices are influenced by chemical reactions in the brain. Knowing this can help better understand social interactions, and may or may not provide an outlet to make people act how other people want by simulating these reactions.
This is a link to a video that goes over how emotions are processed in the brain. It also explained the different hormones activated by the brain when the emotions are processed. This release of hormones are the origin of body language, as they affect the muscles and subconscious neural processes.
How this relates to the study subject is really quite fundamental, being able to directly relate social actions to chemical processes is the base of the whole thing after all.
Why this is an interesting topic is because I want to learn why people choose to do the actions they do and how much their choices are influenced by chemical reactions in the brain. Knowing this can help better understand social interactions, and may or may not provide an outlet to make people act how other people want by simulating these reactions.
Sunday, October 19, 2014
Post 2
From the peer topic reviews, I learned very little. All that was contributed to the subject was concerns for complications really, which are of a somewhat helpful nature, yes, but nothing was actually learned from them since their concerns were already mine.
That said, the complications will be practical testing and not just theories and research. Sure, but what exactly am I researching? In a single sentence, I want to figure out how the chemicals in the brain influence choices people make. The end result I wish to get is quite simple, I want to understand people better and know why they do the things they do. So, although it would be nice to see some practical tests, it is merely a research topic, not a project that will yield tangible results.
That said, the complications will be practical testing and not just theories and research. Sure, but what exactly am I researching? In a single sentence, I want to figure out how the chemicals in the brain influence choices people make. The end result I wish to get is quite simple, I want to understand people better and know why they do the things they do. So, although it would be nice to see some practical tests, it is merely a research topic, not a project that will yield tangible results.
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