The Brain!

My name is Justin Walters; I attend Corona Del Sol High School and will be a senior this upcoming year. My hobbies include family and friends; I also enjoy trying new things. That is the exact reason I signed up for Midwestern University's eight-day camp: to explore all the wonderful sub-fields under the root word Medical. The camp has so far given me an understanding of many fields I would have otherwise not known about.

Of all the fields we have looked at, I find myself attracted to the study of the brain. A Ph.D. Professor, Dr. Ross Kosinski, showed us a few slides of the anatomy of the brain. Within five minutes, I found myself looking for a nice comfy couch to rest my brain from being numbed by the information overload. As I was sitting and thinking to myself what I was going to eat that afternoon, Professor Ross (this is what I have decided to call him) switched from the anatomy of the brain to the overall functioning. He explained to us a brief overview of the left and right hemispheres and how each one controls the opposite sides of the body. He also explained how the left side is your language retainer, your writing skills come from the left side, and other interesting things that I don't remember. He also said the right side gives you yearning for music, and the ability to be creative and artsy.

My own brain woke up and out of nowhere spawned question after question, though none did I ask. The brain, God's masterpiece, controls the body, from your muscles like the gastrocnemius to help you walk, to the vital organs such as your heart and lungs. Just think of all the other mysterious things that go on in your body and your mind that the brain controls . . . like dreaming, or sleepwalking, or why some people are more right-side dominant and others are more left, or different characteristics such as the folds of the brain and why it's shaped like it is, the different areas of the brain and what they control, if it's possible to work on those areas to improve your motor skills? Wow! How cool is this subject! It drives me crazy to think of all the things my brain does that I take for granted. In short, the presentation brought to light something I never thought about and now I want to learn more about it. Thank you, Professor Ross (Dr. Kosinski), for your presentation and facts about the brain that I found so fascinating.