• Question: what are the functions of a brain??

    Asked by bluebell11341 to Alexis, Dr D, Helen, Jasmine, Mario on 19 Jun 2013.
    • Photo: Mario Ruiz

      Mario Ruiz answered on 19 Jun 2013:

      The brain is the organism that controls all our functions in our body. It sends out signals through the nerves in order to keep everything running correctly, all the organs, the blood and oxygen circulation, and also it receives all the information of the outside and process it (for example, ‘translating’ what we see with our eyes). And these are only a few things that the brain is in charge of! Scientists are still investigating the role of some parts of the brain, because it is not understood completely.

    • Photo: Andrew Devitt

      Andrew Devitt answered on 20 Jun 2013:

      It’s the master controller! Mario’s right. The thing I find amazing is that it does it so well and without us having to think about most of it. Fantastic.

      I bet we know about 1% of what there is to know about the function of the brain.

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    Mario commented on :

    I’m not a dog expert, but I think that they can only see black and white because they don’t have the proper receptors for colours in their eyes, called ‘cones’. Cones are cells that receive and process colours, and rods, another cell type in the eye, detect how intense the light is.