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Wednesday, 17 July 2013
Today's Daily Trivia Quiz (Jul 18, 2013)
How Well Do You Know Song Remakes?
Historically speaking, singers and bands often remake older songs. How well do you know your songs? Do you know who the original singers were?
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Historically speaking, singers and bands often remake older songs. How well do you know your songs? Do you know who the original singers were?
Take the Quiz at Braingle.com
Memory : Split-Brain Research
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.
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 operated 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.
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 operated 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.
Vocabulary : Word of the Day : Supercilious
su-per-cil-i-ous
adj. :: Lofty with pride; haughty; dictatorial; overbearing; arrogant
"Her face beamed with satisfaction when the guest eyed the appointments with a supercilious glance." --Stoker, Bram
adj. :: Lofty with pride; haughty; dictatorial; overbearing; arrogant
"Her face beamed with satisfaction when the guest eyed the appointments with a supercilious glance." --Stoker, Bram
Creativity : True or False II
For each of the following statements, come up with at least two plausible reasons why they are true. Now, come up with at least two plausible reasons why they are false. This exercise will help you to see that issues often have different sides to them.
1. Guns are dangerous.
2. Traveling by airplane is safer than traveling by car.
3. Water causes brain damage.
You can repeat this exercise by using any subjective statement that you can find.
1. Guns are dangerous.
2. Traveling by airplane is safer than traveling by car.
3. Water causes brain damage.
You can repeat this exercise by using any subjective statement that you can find.
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