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Nature and nurture the development of intelligence
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You’re brain, while grammatically incorrect, it is a statement that is more true than your brain. Every thought, every memory and every feeling is told through the mind. It is the hallmark of human achievement. The mind while always thought of as one complete whole it is it is really a collection of many parts that come together to make us into us. The Parietal lobe, the Temporal lobe and Occipital lobe are developed during adolescence. (Semrud-Clikeman, 2014) These are our basic functions like sight, touch and our instincts root from these areas. These slowly build into our Frontal lobe around our teenage years. Creating who we really are. We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. ("Treasury of truth," 1996) This was true in the past as much as it is now. There always seems to be that one person in the office that says they know how to do everything in the office and gets everything done, wrong! Maybe their frontal lobe never quite developed properly! All of these parts communicate using synapses. ( Chudler, 1996) These are like small electrical impulses that push our thoughts around. The brain is often broken down into two parts the left and the right. The left being Logical, Mathematical and a knack for languages. The Right side being more prone to Idea’s, dreams and music. We are all either left handed or right handed so it is logical (Left brained) to think that we are dominate to one side of the brain or the other. Many people will tell you they are left brained or right brained because they are drawn more to drawing and art than math and science, but is that really the case? First lets talk about the left side of the brain. The Spock in us all that is often ignored when it is tim... ... middle of paper ... ...Doux, J. (2002). Synaptic self: How our brains become who we are. New York, NY: Penguin Books. Merriam, W. (2014). Logic. Retrieved from http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ logic national institute of neurological disorders and strokes. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/brain_basics/know_your_brain.htm Perry , B. (2000). How the brain learns best. Instructor (1999), 110(4), 34. Retrieved from http://teacher.scholastic.com/professional/bruceperry/brainlearns.htm Semrud-Clikeman, M. (2014). Research in brain function and learning. Retrieved from http://www.apa.org/education/k12/brain-function.aspx Treasury of truth. (1996). Retrieved from http://www.buddhanet.net/dhammapada/ Wanjek, C. (2013, SEPT 03). Left brain vs. right: It's a myth, research finds. Retrieved from http://www.livescience.com/39373-left-brain-right-brain-myth.html