Today in History for 20th July 2016

Historical Events

1913 – Turkish troops take Adrianopel and Erdine from Bulgaria
1928 – The government of Hungary issues a decree ordering Gypsies to end their nomadic ways, settle permanently in one place, and subject themselves to the same laws and taxes as other Hungarians.
1950 – “Arthur Murray Party” premieres on ABC TV (later DuMont, CBS, NBC)
1958 – King Hussein of Jordan breaks off diplomatic relations with UAR
1976 – Vietnam War: The US military completes its troop withdrawal from Thailand.
1995 – The Regents of the University of California vote to end all affirmative action in the UC system by 1997.

Famous Birthdays

1909 – Eric Rowan, South African cricketer (prolific batsman pre- and post-WWII)
1938 – Diana Rigg, Doncaster England, actress (Emma Peel-Avengers, Hospital)
1962 – Giovanna Amati, Italian racing driver
1975 – Judy Greer, American actress
1978 – Pavel Datsyuk, Russian ice hockey player
1981 – Damien Delaney, Irish footballer

Famous Deaths

1937 – Guglielmo Marconi, Italian engineer/marquis (radio, Nobel 1909), dies of a heart attack at 63
1942 – Patric Cobb, British sea officer, dies in battle
1951 – Mustafa Shuqri Ashu, tailor/murderer of king Abdullah, shot to death
1982 – Okot p’Bitek, Ugandan poet (b. 1931)
1983 – Frank Reynolds, news anchor (ABC Evening News), dies at 59
1987 – Richard Egan, actor (Big Cube, Amsterdam Kill), dies at 63

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How the two halfs of our brain work – when not connected

The left and Right Side of our brains carry out different functions

In split-brain patients, the corpus callosum, which connects the left and right hemispheres of the cerebral cortex, has been surgical severed. This surgery is performed very rarely to help control severe epilepsy, it is done to stop the unwanted electrical activity travelling across the hemispheres which can cause the person to go unconscious.

By studying these patients, Dr. Roger Sperry made some remarkable discoveries about the human brain, for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1981. What he found was that consciousness exists independently in the two different hemispheres and that the two sides can operate independently. The left side of the brain contains the speech center and can express itself verbally and logically, while the right side of the brain is more visually oriented.

In one of the experiments, an object was shown to the left visual field (which connects to the right side of the brain). Because the right hemisphere cannot process language, the patient was unable to say what the object was. However, they were able to pick up the matching object with their left hand. This is because the right hemisphere of the brain knew what the object was and could tell the left hand to pick it up, it just couldn’t express it with language.

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Goat in Sheeps Clothing Optical Illusion

Find the Goat hidden within the rows of sheep

This optical illusion is similar to the popular wheres wally diagrams and books.  Within this picture is a goats head and you have to find it.

It is hard to find within the rows of sheep, but once found you will see how your eyes have tricked you when scanning the picture before you had spotted it.

 

 

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