REGIE R. CUMAWAS, LPT KABANKALAN CATHOLIC COLLEGE Source: Personal Development

1. CHAPTER 6:
POWERS OF THE BRAIN

2. OVERVIEW: THE BRAIN AND HOW IT WORKS
• The brain is like a capsule of
consciousness, of what we know,
and of our memories.
• How it works is so amazing that
gives you sophisticated
intelligence way beyond any
other living creations in the
planet.

3. OVERVIEW: THE BRAIN AND HOW IT WORKS
• Our brain is like incredible living
machine. The fist-sized, 3 pound
organ is responsible for the overall
functioning of our body.
• If functions as a command-centre
that direct action happening
physiologically. It serves as a key
information processing unit that
allows us to react around the world.

4. THE KEY PARTS AND FUNCTIONS OF THE BRAIN

5. 1. THE HINDBRAIN
This part of the brain is
responsible for instinctive,
autonomic behaviour that
serves survival functions.

6. 1. THE HINDBRAIN
This part of the brain is responsible for instinctive,
autonomic behaviour that serves survival functions.
a. Medulla controls vital functions like respiration, blood
circulation, digestion, and heart rate.
b. Cerebellum regulates posture, balance, and muscular
coordination.
c. Pons acts as bridge between medulla and other parts of
the brain; regulates movement, sleep arousal.
d. Reticular Activating System regulates attention,
movement, sleep, waking, and reflexes.

7. a. Medulla controls vital functions like
respiration, blood circulation,
digestion, and heart rate.
b. Cerebellum regulates posture,
balance, and muscular coordination.
c. Pons acts as bridge between
medulla and other parts of the brain;
regulates movement, sleep arousal.
d. Reticular Activating System
regulates attention, movement,
sleep, waking, and reflexes.

8. 2. MIDBRAIN
This part is the conduction
and switching that enter of
the brain that enables
responses to happen, like
muscles movements and for
auditory and visual system
processing to transpire.

9. 3. FOREBRAIN
This is in-charge of our
intellectual activity and
consciousness.

10. a. Cerebrum acts as “executive center” of the brain
responsible for remembering, learning, and
thinking, as well as taking charge of language
and emotion.
b. Thalamus relays sensory information.
c. Hypothalamus secretes hormones and control
physiological functions like temperature, hunger,
and thirst.
d. Corpus collosum connects two hemispheres.
e. Pituitary gland is the master gland that secretes
hormones and controls the endocrine system.
3. FOREBRAIN

13. • Joseph Bogen (1926-2005) and Roger Wolcott Sperry
(1913-1994) investigated the brain’s function and found out
that there are different ways of processing information that
occur in the two different hemispheres.
• Left hemisphere
- It controls the right side of the body.
- It is responsible for logical, intellectual functions
necessary for understanding, writing, and speaking.
• Right hemisphere
- It controls the left side of the body.
• - It takes cares the creative, intuitive, and emotional
aspects.
THE TWO HEMISPHERES OF THE BRAIN

15. THE TWO HEMISPHERES OF THE BRAIN

16. • LEFT BRAIN
Dominant Skills: Language, Mathematical computations,
logical analysis, problem solving
• RIGHT BRAIN
Dominant Skills: Visual Imagery, drawing, music, visual
THE TWO HEMISPHERES OF THE BRAIN

18. • William Edward “Ned” Herrmann
- He developed the whole brain theory
and studied the results of EGG or
electroencephalograph (a brain wave
machine) scans and discovered four
major types of thinking: ANALYTIC,
PRACTICAL, RELATIONAL, AND
EXPERIMENTAL.
THE WHOLE BRAIN THEORY

19. 1. ANALYTICAL
- Rational
- Logical
- Factual
- Objective
- Quantitative
- Focuses in the here-and-
now
- Takes a logical approach in
solving-problem
THE FOUR THINKING STYLES AND THEIR WAYS OF
LEARNING

20. 2. PRACTICAL
- Organized
- Step-by-step, procedures count
- Action-oriented
- Detailed plans are important
- Consistent
- Practical in solving problems

21. 3. RELATIONAL
- Feeling-oriented
- Intuitive
- Attuned with others’ feelings
- Communication is important
- Values relationship with others
- Nurturing
- Teamwork to solve problems

22. 4. EXPERIMENTAL
- Creative, artistic
- Holistic, integrative
- Imaginative
- Follows ‘gut feel’ in solving
problems
- Likes to try new things
- Takes risks
- Future-oriented

23. DEVELOPING
CREATIVITY

24. CREATIVE THINKING
- Is an expansive way of driving
thoughts to venture into the
realm possibilities .
- it is thinking outside the box
- Instead of simply finding
ideas, it pushes you to invent
and make something new. It is
an amazing feat of the mind.

25. Take the hot air balloon as
an example.
It is said that the inventors
got the idea to create a
flying balloon after watching
a piece of clothing being
lifted into the air from the
smoke of nearby fireplace.
From that image, their
balloon project began.

27. THE TECHNIQUES OF CREATIVE THINKING

28. ASSOCIATIVE THINKING
Associative thinking is a mental
technique that lets you to explore an
idea by considering all possible area (
idea, experiences, images, symbols,
etc.) related to the topic at hand to
get fresh insights.
This kind of thinking exhausts all ideas
you can connect with your topic or
problem.

29. garden
green
rest
butterflies
open
flowers
sunshine
relax
play
motherPlants blossom
rain

30. MIND-MAPPING
Mind-mapping is creative way of
exploring ideas through a graphic or
visual presentation.
It uses words, images, numbers,
colors, and spatial awareness to
expand your brain.
It uses mental skills that enhance
brain activity to produce ideas, learn
through clear thinking, and perform
better.

32. THOMAS ALVA EDISON, An acclaimed inventor who
perfected the light bulb for consumer use. He is the epitome of
optimism, persistence, and imagination. Thomas Edison did not
complete the formal education, yet persevered in his pursuit to
discover new things by generating thousands of ideas at his
starting point.
Despite bouts of hearing problem in his young age, he kept
his optimism high and remained focused on his inventions.
He took his hearing problem as a “grace” rather than a
seatback. He is behind the popular saying: “Genius is 99%
perspiration and 1% inspiration.” A prolific inventor there were
about 1, 000 patents under his name were not created in one trial.
His inventions went through hundreds of experiments. He pursued
to arrive at his most desired results.
WINNING ATTITUDES: OPTIMISM, PERSISTENCE, AND
IMAGINATION