I’ve seen some pretty weird posts regarding psychology in certain places here, so I’m wondering how much people around here know about the brain.

  • JucheBot1988@lemmygrad.ml
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    2 years ago

    I know that anarchists and libs don’t have one.

    But more seriously, I think you do find a sort of general mistrust in (Western) psychology among certain Marxists. It probably has to do with the perception that psychology tends to treat general societal problems solely on the individual level – e.g., the epidemic of suicide among American teenagers can’t possibly be rooted in the collapsing economy, and instead has everything to do with a young person’s relationship with their parents – and the undoubted fact that much institutional medicine in the west is in the pocket of the same pharmaceutical industry that got millions of working-class people addicted to opioids. Old Sigmund Freud and his deterministic views on women’s sexual development especially also tend to cast a long shadow.

  • DankZedong @lemmygrad.ml
    12·
    2 years ago

    I have understanding of what it does and what the different areas in the brain are responsible for.

    I understand psychology, basic psychiatry and basic meds and their effects on the brain.

    But I’m not a neuroscientist.

    • commiespammer@lemmygrad.mlOP
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      2 years ago

      It has neurons covered by oligodendrocytes in it, and sometimes Schwann cells. It controls thought and is controlled by a few basic chemicals. Not much else.

  • FossilPoet@lemmygrad.ml
    7·
    2 years ago

    I have a Bachelor of Science in communication sciences and disorders, which is like a pre- styled program for speech-language pathology and audiology. I did it because we didn’t have a linguistics program locally, it’s a viable and well-paying career path (I ended up changing my mind on it though due to not liking clinical work), the major and field are mostly women (I just get along with women better professionally), and I wanted some hard science backing (you have to take classes on and learn about neuro, anatomy/physiology, physics, certain biological processes, etc.). I assisted with research on social communication and the effects of its breakdown in regard to dementia. It’s safe to say I have a pretty good understanding of the brain in regard to language/speech/communication, development, things of clinical relevance, etc.

    Is there a specific question you are getting at, or is this just general?

  • CriticalResist8@lemmygrad.ml
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    2 years ago

    A neurosurgeon once explained to me they could elicit fear responses by stimulating a person’s brain with diodes – he participated in that trial and saw it himself in fact – and that’s about all I know about it, but I think it says a lot already.

  • m532@lemmygrad.ml
    6·
    2 years ago

    The brain sends electric signals to the muscles to control them. Those signals can be read by putting electrodes (any metal things), like, around the arm. At least theoretically. Practically, those signals are almost unreadable, in my experience.