how the brain works for different things?

II thought it was very important to look into facts about the brain and how the brain works. Because we are relating to mental health and how one of the characters have made up a hotel in there mind. Also the impacts it has on there brain and what happens if there brain cant work. Found out these key facts and found it really interesting founding out different things with the brain. Its very important i have a good understanding with how the brain works in different ways so we can add it into our piece. 

Which area of your brain controls emotions?

Emotions enable us to react to situations – for example, anger or fear will set your heart racing, and feeling happy will make you smile. One of the key areas of your brain that deals with showing, recognising and controlling the body's reactions to emotions is known as the limbic system.

How does your brain work?

Your brain is the hub of your nervous system. It is made up of 100 billion nerve cells - about the same as the number of trees in the Amazon rainforest. Each cell is connected to around 10,000 others. So the total number of connections in your brain is the same as the number of leaves in the rainforest - about 1000 trillion.

How can illness affect the brain?

Because the human brain is so complicated and has little capacity to regenerate, it is vulnerable to the effects of damage and disease. Losing part of the vast network of cells, or changing the level of a neurotransmitter, can have devastating results. Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases are examples of disorders of the nervous system in which brain cells gradually die. In disorders of the mind, such as schizophrenia and depression, the symptoms are caused by more subtle changes in the brain that are as yet poorly understood.

Why is your memory so important?

Your memory is your brain's filing system. It contains everything you have learnt. You can store an amazing amount of information – for example, as a child you learned around ten new words a day, and you may eventually know 100,000 or more.

Why do we dream?

No one really knows why we dream. The psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud thought dreams were the key to our subconscious. Some researchers today suggest that their purpose may be to keep us asleep - the brain's natural entertainer. Others think that dreams are a way of deleting unnecessary information and retaining important information to be 

What happens when you’re asleep?

For about a third of your life, you are asleep. While you sleep, your heart rate drops, your muscles relax, your breathing slows and you respond less and less to the outside world. Sleep also restores the body's energy and may help you commit to memory things that have happened during the day.

stored in our memory.