How Your Brain Makes You, You
Like Duolingo, but for How Your Brain Makes You, You. Tomo turns the whole topic into a game you play five minutes a day, until it actually sticks.
For the part of you with thirty open tabs that never became anything.
A short one: 26 levels across 3 sections, about 52 minutes end to end, roughly 10 days at five minutes a day. It moves through The Brain's Control Center, The Science of Your Feelings, and Memory and Learning. It starts from scratch.
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Key ideas in How Your Brain Makes You, You
- The brain is divided into four main lobes
- Localization of function is the link between anatomy and behavior
- Each lobe is specialized for specific sensory or cognitive inputs
- Damage to a specific area results in a specific deficit
- Brain regions are functionally distinct
- The relationship between specific cortical lobes and their primary sensory or motor functions
- Physical location determines the specific nature of a cognitive impairment
- The definition and significance of the core concept of localization
- Electrical impulses trigger the release of chemicals into the synapse
- Chemicals must bind to receptors on the receiving neuron to pass the signal
- Different chemicals carry different 'messages' that alter brain state
- Inhibitory neurotransmitters decrease the likelihood of a neuron firing
- The sequence of events that allows a signal to cross the synaptic gap
- The specific functional roles of major neurotransmitters on mood and cognition
- Communication within a neuron is electrical (action potential)
- Communication between neurons is chemical (neurotransmitters)
You've tried the other tabs
Thirty open tabs. Four facts you actually kept.
You watched. You nodded. By Sunday it was gone.
One answer, then back to scrolling.
Eight weeks. You meant to finish. You didn't.
Tomo gives How Your Brain Makes You, You the Duolingo treatment: levels, streaks, and quick quizzes that test what you just learned. That game loop is what the tabs above never had, so it's the one you actually finish.
Here's what playing it feels like
A real question from this course. Take your best guess.
If you were exploring a map of the human brain, how many primary 'territories' or lobes would you find on each side?
Get it right to open this lesson and 25 more in the app.
Where How Your Brain Makes You, You takes you
Ever wonder why you remember some things but forget others, or why your mood changes so fast? Discover how the physical parts of your brain create your thoughts, feelings, and personality.
- 1
The Brain's Control Center
- The Map Inside Your Head
- How Brain Cells Talk to Each Other
- Left Brain vs Right Brain Myths
- What Happens When the Brain Gets Hurt
- 2
The Science of Your Feelings
- Where Emotions Come From
- The Chemistry of Happiness
- Why We Feel Fear and Stress
- How the Brain Makes Decisions
- The Power of Habits
- How Sleep Fixes Your Brain
- 3
Memory and Learning
- How We Store New Information
- Why Some Memories Fade
- Training Your Brain to Focus
3 sections · 13 units · 26 levels. Built to play, not to enroll.
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