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The brain: an Introduction

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 The brain is one of the most sophisticated and intricate organs of your body. The way everything, and I mean EVERYTHING, you think, you smell, you hear, you see is all processed and presented to your being, in a way you can understand and bring out an appropriate response is simply amazing. The centre of all senses, the soft mass of tissues and nerves that make you understand things if you will, is of 3 main parts. Cerebrum Cerebellum Medulla oblongata The cerebrum is the main part of your brain where signals from different organs of sense such as taste, sight, sound, touch and smell are delivered to. The cerebrum has 4 lobes called Frontal which is your forehead area, Parietal which is behind that, Occipital which is at the back of your head and Temporal which is just above your ears that carry out different functions but all of them contribute to process information and make sense of it to you.  The cerebellum is the smaller mass of soft tissue and nerves at the back of you...

The psychology of purpose

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The importance of having a purpose Purpose is an intention or objective a person has to initiate or continue something they're working on which will lead to a sense of achievement or accomplishment. It's a reason for us to get out of bed in the morning and something for us to pursue or build which can benefit us in the long term.  I've been having a sense of inadequacy these days and a feeling that I'm wasting time. My days consist of endless social media scrolls and sleep, both which I do in bed. It feels extremely unproductive and I hate it when lying down all day doesn't feel too good. The gym closed down because of the corona situation so my exercise routine is shattered and so I started looking into the psychology of the concept of purpose and why when I'm working all I want to do is procrastinate but long terms of procrastination still doesn't feel great.  As humans our primary objective from ancient times have been to gather food, provide shelter and ...