So Mr. Vance, to continue discussions about my questions in class today, do you know off the top of your head where I could find answers to them? If I can remember correctly, my questions were: Do people that are less motivated have a weaker (or smaller) prefrontal area of the brain? Or do people that are more emotional have a stronger, or weaker, hypothalamus (depending on what stronger or weaker means)? Are there ways to find out answers to these questions? I guess a lot of it would be research on my part, but then, I would like to know your thougths on the matter. Are these questions related to behavioral science, or does the science of neurology in general answer to them? Speaking of your thoughts, I would also like to know what you have to say about behavioral science in general, since I don't know very much about it.
Sorry for making this such a disorganized array of questions. I am still trying to figure out what my fascination is about exactly. Maybe my brain is having trouble thinking about itself!
Oh, one more thing, but maybe it is beyond the scope of this course. I have been wondering about where thoughts themselves come from, and how do they relate to the body. Does the soul generate thoughts that produce physical reactions in the brain, or does the brain itself generate those thoughts as a cohesive whole with the soul? This is probably on the topic of psychology, or epistemology, or metaphysics. I would love to know if you have any pertinent thoughts on the matter, but if you are too constrained by time, that is fine too. And Eddie and Shannon, if either of you have thoughts on these topics, I would love to hear them!
One last thing that I found of interest, an article on the physiology of ADHD in children studied with the use of MRIs. Here is the link:
http://pn.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/39/1/26
Comes from a psychiatry website, so maybe that is the area of study that I need to turn to...
~Adrienne