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The secret to your brain
Different parts, different roles
What do you know about yourself? You
may say you know that you prefer to have a
maple syrup waffle over an ice-cream
waffle; you may say you like Marvels more
than the other types of movies. However,
how much do you really know about
yourself? When we meant yourself, we
meant the boss of your body – your brain.
Sounds funny? Why is the brain the boss?
Our brain manages different functionalities
of our body, from our thinking, dreaming to
exercising and singing. How does each
specific area of the brain coordinate with
each other, and what roles do they hold?
Frontal lobe
First, we have our frontal lobe. Frontal lobe
is the boss that does the planning,
judgments,
decision
making,
social
behavior, impulse control and spontaneity.
Injuries on the frontal lobe could often
cause a personality change, difficulty in
controlling sexual urges and risk-taking
behaviors. Our frontal lobe development
does not stop until young adulthood, so it is
important to provide mentally stimulating
and educational experiences to yourself or
your child until they are ready to face the
world on their own!
Parietal lobe
What is there to life if there’s nothing to
feel, see or explore? Luckily we have
another boss who knows how to manage
these senses and coordinate our body
movement, regulate and process the
body’s five senses, allowing us to produce
speech, perceive objects and process
related information. The main function of
the parietal lobe is to interpret the position
of the body in accordance with other
objects in its surroundings. What will
happen if this part of the brain is damaged?
It might cause you to have problems with
imagining things in 3 dimensions, difficulty
in reading, writing and understanding
symbols or language.
2. Lewis, T. (2018). Human brain: Facts, functions and anatomy. [online] Available at: https://www.livescience.com/29365-human-brain.html [Accessed 4 Jul. 2019]