A revelation may have occurred after making discoveries about yourself that will change your life forever, or perhaps it was just a refresher course for you, putting what you already know about your thinking into words. You are now aware of the behaviours of thinking. Science is relatively clear on the biology of perception right down to the electrochemical reactions which send signals through nerve cells to the brain. The biology of the brain is not quite so clear however. We know far more about the universe than we know about the brain.
Planning occurs in the frontal lobes, one type of metacognitive thinking.
Attention deficits are said to be the result of abnormalities in the frontal lobes. Reading disabilities are thought to be the result of abnormalities in the fissures which run through the left temporal lobe. Mapping the brain is a monumental task which may never be complete, and we are far from being able to correct brain abnormalities associated with various types of sensory and learning disabilities. With technology speeding ahead, techniques for watching and recording the brain at work are slowly beginnning to emerge. Being the last week, I thought we'd have a little fun and at the same time learn about the brain and perception.