ARCADE VERTICAL INFO

The Brain Today

By: Kylie Wong

A distributed system

• Extensive anatomical connections exist between most regions of the brain
• The connections are often reciprocal, creating loops where information may circulate

Common tasks and the brain

• Several parts of the brain are involved in most tasks
• Some parts of the brain can do more than one task
• Many parts of the brain interact with each other
• The mind can conrol many functions such as how muscles contract

Important terms about the topic

• Connectivity: Many parts of the CNS are interconnected in complex networks and work together in many different tasks
• Redundancy: several different parts of the brain can do the same task
• Plastic changes and the actions of the immune system can be either beneficial or harmful