• Question: how does the brain affect your behaviour?

    Asked by lucie to Fiona, Jane, Joanna, Michelle, William on 19 Jun 2010 in Categories: .
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      Joanna Brooks answered on 16 Jun 2010:

      Well, the brain affects behaviour in all sorts of ways. The brain is like a ‘power station’ and needs certain things to function well like a good diet, lots of stimulation, and plenty of rest. In fact, one of the best examples of how the brain affects behaviour is tiredness. When people get tired the brain cannot process information as efficiently or as quickly as usual so people get confused, they can’t concentrate, and reaction time slows right down – these things happen because neurons (cells specialised for different things in the brain) cannot communicate with each another as well as usual.

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      Michelle Murphy answered on 16 Jun 2010:

      Hey great question Lucie
      You only behave the way your brain tells you to so when the cells in your brain get confused your behaviour is often affects your behaviour this could be in a number of ways affection your speech, movement, how you interact with people, sleep it all depends on how the brain signal are being interpreted by the rest of the body.

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      Fiona Randall answered on 18 Jun 2010:

      The brain controls all your behaviour and does this based on past experiences you have learned from.

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      Jane Henry answered on 18 Jun 2010:

      The brain directs behaviour. The way a person feels can affect how well the brain functions. If someone is depressed or anxious they may finder much harder to think clearly. Indeed they may be better off doing something they like or going for a run to help the mood pass before getting down to work. People also vary in the way they are hardwired, some people have more activity on the left frontal lobe and they tend to be happier whereas those with more activity on the right tend to experience positive feelings less often.

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      William Davies answered on 19 Jun 2010:

      the brain acts like a computer in your head that tells various bits of your body what to do, and when. It does this by sending electrical and chemical signals (impulses) down cells known as neurons. We call everything you do with your body your ‘behaviour’.

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