The Brain and Behaviour: Exploring the Complexities of the Human Mind

After extensive studies in subject areas such as psychology, neuroscience, and the study of behavior (cognitive studies), it is proven that how we react to situations and our actions are directly linked with our brain. You come back from school and all you think about doing is sleeping in your bed; this is due to the fact that our brain is demanding after a long day.

There are psychological aspects to this topic as well, to name a few: Compatibilism, Incompatibilism, Determinism. 

Early childhood experiences mend and alter the way our brain functions. If from a young age, a child is experiencing violence (in any shape or form such as domestic violence, or child abuse), it is possible they will themselves end up being aggressive, even if they disapproved of this behavior, initially.

Parts of the brain:

Just like any other system existing, the brain also has different parts; each having its one respective function. There are four major parts of the brain: Cerebrum, Cerebellum, medulla, and lastly hypothalamus. 

The most important part of the brain is the cerebrum taking up to 85% of the brain; it controls all of our volunteering actions (actions we decide to do), which can simply be standing up. When talking about behaviors and their relationship with the brain, the cerebrum plays a crucial role; It controls our emotions and how we react to the situations around us.

Other than the volunteer actions this part of the brain is also responsible for storing our memory and making sure it is intact. The hippocampus is the region where our memory is formed. Whether the memory is short-term or long-term, all the information lies in this seahorse-shaped structure located within the medial temporal lobe of each cerebral hemisphere. 

Memories are however stored in different sections of the cerebrum, depending on their types: long-term memories are stored in the occipital lobe (visual memory) and in the temporal lobe (auditory memory). Short-term memory involves the prefrontal cortex and other areas of the cerebral cortex, since it has low capacity and is limited it does not involve a complex storage system like the long-term memory.