THE POWER OF THE MIND: THE WHOLE BRAIN THEORY

Overview: The Brain and How it Works  Forebrain

 Like an incredible living machine - in-charge of our intellectual activity and
consciousness.
 This fist-sized, 3 pounds or gan is responsible
for overall functioning of our body
 Command Centre that directs action  Cerebrum
happening physiologically
- “executive center” of the brain
- responsible for remembering,
BASIC UNDRESTANDING OF THE BRAIN: learning, and thinking, as well as taking
charge of language and emotion.
 Thalamus
 The Hindbrain
- relays sensory
- this part of the brain is responsible for
our intinctive, automatic behavior that serves  Hypothalamus
survival function.
- secrets hormone
- controls physiological
 The Medula
 Corpus Callosum
- controls vital functions
- connects two hemisphere
 Cerebelium
 Pituitary Gland
- regulates posture, balance, and
- master gland
muscular coordination.
 Pons
PREVIOUS STUDIES ON THE BRAIN
- bridge between medulla and other
parts.
 Reticular  1861 - Dr. Paul Broca
- activating system regulates - conducted a study on the
language and the left-brain
 Attention
specialization.
 Movement
 1981 - Dr. Roger Sperry
 Sleep
- conducted a study for epilepsy
 Walking
- 1981 Nobel Prize for Psychology
 Reflexes or Medicine
 The Split-Brain Theory
 Midbrain - hemisphere performing
different tasks
- conduction and switching center of the
brain.
- responses to happen. - Dr. Paul MacLean
 - identified three distinct parts of
the brain.
 The Triune Brain Theory
(3 distinct parts)

1. Neocortex/Human Brain
MINDMAP
- feelings and emotions
 A diagram
 Used to represnt ideas
2. Limbic System/Mammal
Brain
 Center Image
- language, ideas,
concepts and artistic vision - main idea
 Main Branches
3. Reptilian - radiate from central image
Complex/Reptilian Brain
 Twigs
- instinct, dominance and
- represents lesser topic
survival

USING MIND MAP EFFECTIVELY:

- Engr. Ned Herrmann
a. Use single word/phrases
b. Print words
 Herrmann Brain Dominance
Instrument (HBDI) c. Use color to separate different ideas
a) Facts d. Use symbols and images
- logical, analytical e. Use cross-linkages
b) Form
-
sequential,organized
c) Feelings
- interpesonal,
feeling based
d) Future
- holistic, intuitive