📖 What Book is Blowing My Mind The Body - A Guide for Occupants- Bill Bryson This book had my eyes peeled from the start. A full dissective fact studded tour of our bodies- inside and out. One of those reads where the highlighter is out and ready at all times.. so much so that when you look back you see that you’ve highlighted just about every sentence in the entire book. Bryson has a truly remarkable writing style that weaves humor into the writings of the most complex system on planet earth- the human body. A must read in my opinion!
A crazy thing about the human body is the way your brain understands how you look. There are two major sulci, prrimary motor cortex and primary somatosensory cortex, and these are where your body processes movement and sensory inputs respectively. Each section reserves specific areas to your brain, for example 20% of somatosensory area represent your hands. If you draw out the human being in relation to how much space it takes in those regions, you get what they refer to homunculi. It’s weird to see what your brain sees as important, but insane at the same time.
A crazy thing about the human body is the way your brain understands how you look. There are two major sulci, prrimary motor cortex and primary somatosensory cortex, and these are where your body processes movement and sensory inputs respectively. Each section reserves specific areas to your brain, for example 20% of somatosensory area represent your hands. If you draw out the human being in relation to how much space it takes in those regions, you get what they refer to homunculi. It’s weird to see what your brain sees as important, but insane at the same time.
- Makan