--the mind( part 4)--

here are my closing thoughts about the brain, and how it does the cool stuff that it decides to make happen( posted from my facebook page, spell-check is on the way)-- 

John Kruschke

September 3 · Edited

   here are some more photos of the brain...i saw a photo when i was working yesterday, that showed some kind of tissue directly below the scalp( unfortunately, i couldn't find the photo again), it went to the base of the "cerebral cortex", and into the "thalamus" area...i suggest that this tissue is delivering sterile fluid to the brain's exterior margins, to create a sterile buffer between the scalp/skull, and the brains outer surfaces...instead of what is depicted in the photo below, that shows water going into the area, from the brain...i feel the situation is the reverse, meaning, that the brain receives water, from the exterior area, that also is a buffer to deaden blows( like having a sponge attached to the top of your head, that stays wet, delivering hydration to your brain, and reducing the severity of any blows incurred)...also of note, i see from another photo i found online, that the "hippocampus" has a "sister-ship", or "inverse-gland", that i feel is the receptacle for the lightest "by-product" generated by the controlled infection within the "thalamus", that is refining the "ventricles" fluids...i am uncertain of the function that the contents serve at this point...

update--

   i lost what i was writing yesterday about the photo below, that depicts the way that signals from the ears get to the brain( i ran out of time on the computer, and it shut down, before i could save it...rats), anyway, here is my second attempt to post my thoughts about this image...

   i noticed in the photo below, that the signals for sound go from the "cochlea", to the "medulla oblongata", to the "mid-brain", to the "thalamus", and then to the thought processing area of our brains...i find that the fact of the signals going to the "medulla oblongata" before the "mid-brain", or the "thalamus", to be of interest...i suggest, that the reason that the "medulla oblongata" is receiving the signals first, is to enhance the "fight-or-flight" response time, or, more importantly, to make the protection of children, or spouses, near-instant...making a direct response, before thought, possible...since the "medulla oblongata" is the sector for anger/aggressive tendencies...

   i feel that this B.S., is "of a certain quality", of use to start a conversation with your doctor...and nothing further--

best wishes, john kruschke...