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Judith Lucas-Odom's picture

Brain matters

I enjoyed the morning session on the neuron and how the brain reacts. Each person becomes unique because of the way they are put together. This means that everyone in the world is significant and necessary to make life special. I was really impressed by the fact that there are more interneurons than sensory and motor neurons together. The action potentials of an individual is fascinating to me because in the afternoon session Peter really made these action potentials come alive. Pain receptors and drug interactions were especially significant in how we over diagnosis are children for everything. We need to re-look at what and how the brain really works. Science is still developing this story. Some of my thoughts about reaction times have changed as a result of today.  As people age, we tend to think that reaction times are going to slow down but according this  story of action potentials this won't happen or will it?

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