Are there things about the human brain that doctors have yet to figure out?

Question

Modern technology has helped us learn so much about the brain but there's still so much we don't know. What kind of things are unknown? Is there some site I can go to directly ask a neurologist?

Answer 1

Absolutely. And its actually a neurosurgeon that you would want to ask since he/she actually enters the brain and physically sees it. A neurologist treats brain disorders with medication only. Not aware of any websites, but maybe just google "neuopathy" or "neurological anatomical landmarks", etc.

Answer 2

Although folklore would have it that about 90% of the human brain is dormant, this has proven scientifically unfounded. The fact that ~10% of neurons in the brain fire at any one time is a possible source of this misconception. (If a large percentage of the neurons were to fire at the same time, the result would be a grand mal seizure.)

For many millennia the function of the brain was unknown. Ancient Egyptians threw the brain away prior to the process of mummification. Ancient thinkers such as Aristotle imagined that mental activity took place in the heart. Greek scholars assumed correctly that the brain serves a role in cooling the body, but incorrectly presumed the brain to function as a sort of radiator, rather than as a thermostat as is now understood. The Alexandrian biologists Herophilos and Erasistratus were among the first to conclude that the brain was the seat of intelligence. Galen's theory that the brain's ventricles were the sites of thought and emotion prevailed until the work of the Renaissance anatomist Vesalius.

Answer 3

Of course! For one thing, the billions of neurons communicating with each other all at the same time without error is a great mystery. No scientist could make a computer that matches even 10% of the brain's processing skills. Our ability to learn from past mistakes, recognize human faces, perform precise motor skills, and the retention of memory are just few of the many things doctors have yet to fully understand.

A very unknown phenomenon that the human brain alone could do is something that we call 'telekinesis'. Theoretically, it is our psychic ability to manipulate objects without physically touching them. Not all people could supposedly do it, though. A prominent figure in the mastery of telekinesis is Uri Geller. He could supposedly make broken clocks work, bend spoons, and even move objects he cannot see, all without physical contact. Scientists are so befuddled about this phenomenon that they have not accepted such things, and consider telekinesis as an arcane and deceitful con. But believe me--I've read tons of books about it.

And, FYI, I don't know any neurologists.

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Answer 4

There are many things we have yet to learn about the human brain. For example, we have known about the existance of anesthetics since about the 1850's, but we still don't know how they work. (It's not too surprizing we don't have a chemical understanding of unconsciousness when we don't have a chemical understanding of consciousness!) If you are really interested, the first thing you should do is get a little bit of a background in biology and chemistry. Do some reading in the popular literature, like Ramachandran et al's "Phantoms of the Brain".

Answer 5

Last that I heard there is only about 10 percent of the brain that hasnt been explored. My guess is that we have only brushed the surface as far as unlocking the mysteries of the human brain or at least that is what I would like to think.

Answer 6

The brain is amazing there are so many things that happen in the brain that doctors cannot see or change. Example: ego Also something really cool is that in psychology we study the mind, but where exactly is the mind? Also something to ponder is we never see our thoughts and doctors cannot look at our thoughts, so where are they?

Answer 7

Things that are unknown about the brain:
how to CURE, not medicate certain mental illnesses, why some people are affected more than others with the same type of disease/illness, and why some neurological problems have NO KNOWN CAUSES yet they are overtly observable....such as dystonia, Alzheimer, disease, Parkinson's disease, Huntington disease, and multiple sclerosis to name a few.

Answer 8

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Answer 9

There's tons of info we don't know about the brain. But, if you are seriously interested in the subject, you would enjoy "In Search of Memory" by Eric Kandell.

Answer 10

Actually, it is the Computer Engineers, who are scratching their heads. As they are very eager to build a super computer, size of which, should not exceed the brains. ( even they know, it is an impossible thing ).