preface

1.
Symmetrical structure of the brain

When you find symmetry, nature reveals its true form | The basic pattern of the vertebrate brain is bilateral symmetry | There is symmetry, modularity, and order in the expression of nature | The shortcut to studying brain science is the discovery of symmetrical structures | All disciplines are linguistics | When you become familiar with the terminology of axon bundles, brain connections become concrete | Myelinated cells are different in the central and peripheral nervous systems | Brain development is the beginning of symmetrical structures | Brain development is the process of creating various symmetrical structures | Animals produce movement from senses, and humans produce behavior from memory | Brain-based learning method centered on core concepts | The limbic system's neural connections are beautifully symmetrical | It is easier to change behavior than emotions | Brain work, brain movement | Don't solve problems, classify problems

2.
sense and perception

General senses include temperature, pain, visceral sensation, touch, and proprioception | Voluntary movement requires continuous proprioceptive information | Consistency of behavior arises in response to categorized features of objects | Early stages of vision proceed through dedicated channels to form maps | The pupils make continuous saccadic eye movements toward objects | Positional information of the hand generated by proprioception is combined with object perception to grasp objects with the hand | Frequency-specific maps of hearing | General sensory maps are located in the gray matter of the spinal cord | Perception is a creative process unique to each person

3.
Core structures of the brain

10 Core Frameworks of Brain Structure | The Cerebral Cortex is Interconnected by Long-Range Nerve Fibers | The Sensorimotor Pathway: The Internal Capsule | The Cerebral Cortex-Brodmann Area | The Functions of the Human Cerebral Cortex are Represented in the Karl Kleist Brain Atlas | Diagrammatically Conceptualizing the Ascending Sensory and Descending Motor Tracts | The Anterolateral System is a Set of Sensory Tracts that Convey Pain and Temperature Sensations | The Posterior Fissure-Mediated Band and the Corticospinal Tract are the Core Tracts for Sensory and Motor Functions | The Descending Motor Tract is Divided into the Pyramidal and Extrapyramidal Tracts


4.
Structure of the spinal cord and brainstem

Mastering the Study of Brain Structure | The general senses of the spinal cord include pain, touch, temperature, and proprioception | The nerve tracts of the spinal cord | The sensory and motor information processing process of the spinal cord is the beginning of studying the brain | Get familiar with the locations of the brain nuclei in the brainstem | The brainstem reticular formation controls consciousness and movement | The cranial nerves of the brainstem | The cross-sectional structure of the brainstem is a key area for studying brain structure | The 12 cranial nerves detect and respond to the general senses of the body and the special senses of the face | Get familiar with the nerve nuclei and nerve tracts of the brainstem | The nucleus tractus solitarius and the nucleus intermedius originate from the senses and movements that control fish gills | The trigeminal nerve is a general sensory nerve that ascends to the face | The cerebellum is divided into the vestibulocerebellum, spinocerebellum, and neocerebellum | The pontine cross-section of the middle and inferior cerebellar peduncles

5.
Limbic-cerebral structure

The three-dimensional structure of the brain is shown in the coronal, sagittal, and horizontal cross-sections | Brain structure | The hindbrain of the cerebral cortex processes sensory and the forebrain processes motor neural information | The reticular formation controls descending motor and ascending consciousness | The limbic system is the emotional brain that creates emotions and memories | The hypothalamus contains neural nuclei that control body temperature, blood pressure, appetite, libido, and sleep | Connection between the brainstem and the limbic system | Ascending sensory and descending motor axon bundles form the internal capsule.

6.
Memory and the hippocampus

Memory can be divided into passive automatic memory and active maturing memory | Hippocampal dentate gyrus granule cells can be newly generated in the adult brain | Adult neoneurons of the hippocampal dentate gyrus granule cells | The starting point of memory creation is the synapse formation of mossy fiber terminals and CA3 pyramidal cells | Newly generated granule cells add new memories to the neural circuit | Hippocampal pyramidal cells | Memory-generating neuronal connections in the hippocampus | Animal behavior comes from senses, and human behavior comes from meaning | Episodic memory is the immediate automatic memory of new information.

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Semantic memory and episodic memory

Autobiographical episodic memories are creating our selves at every moment | Each memory has a different creation process and role | Memory is the process by which the brain creates a picture of the world using sensory input from the external world | Dreams, animals, and amnesiacs may be eternally present beings | Semantic memory forms a categorized network | Emotions do not arise if memories do not exist | Visceral and sensory information are input into the amygdala | The amygdala processes emotional memories | The essence of memory is a sequence of patterns | The creation of new memories inevitably accompanies the retrieval of previous memories | The existence of the world is an internal representation created by our nervous system | The world we participate in is a beautiful trick created by the nervous system

8.
hippocampal memory circuit

The hippocampus is a primitive cortex rolled inward | The sequence of repeated behavioral patterns becomes our reality | Event memories are encoded in gamma waves carried by theta waves | Specific places trigger specific behaviors | Actions tied to places are the building blocks of events | The hippocampus represents spatial distances through the firing sequence of neurons | The brain creates an internal sense of direction and distance of movement in space | The separation of the motor planning stage and the motor output stage allows for more computation in human behavior | Human memory is a content-addressed memory, where the content is the address.

9.
Memories and Dreams

The brain opens and closes its own state-regulating doors | In REM sleep dreams, vivid visual projections of emotions unfold seamlessly | REM sleep dreams are a repetitive learning of lived experiences | Sleep spindles and delta waves emerge in slow-wave sleep | Memories temporarily stored in the hippocampus are transferred to the cerebral cortex during slow-wave sleep | Electrical fields within and between neurons | In REM sleep, serotonin- and norepinephrine-producing neurons cease firing | Dreams are an exceptionally vivid state of consciousness, and reality is a terrible dream | Dreams are a state of amnesia where past memories cannot be accessed | REM sleep is a brain state in which REM cells fire and REM-OFF cells stop firing | Dreams are not a realization of experience, but an abstraction of meaning | Burst-mode waves in the reticular nucleus act as an autonomic pacemaker | I can't remember what I was thinking just a moment ago | During REM sleep, the interconnection between the frontal lobe and the hippocampus weakens


10.
Brain and Language

Language is the symbolic use of vocalization | The vocal organs are fast and precisely controlled motor organs | Language is a phenomenon in which the temporal arrangement of voltage pulses in the neocortex is categorized into phonemes, words, and sentences | Animals transform the external world into value-memories evaluated in the brain | Dreams are like movies projected by the emotional brain | Daytime thoughts are a linguistic representation of categorized perceptions |

11.
The Brain and Goal Orientation

The main functions of the prefrontal cortex are working memory, sense of order, and impulse inhibition. Human movement is goal-directed, accompanied by intention and motivation. The reticular nucleus inhibits the relay action of the thalamic sensory nuclei. When proprioception is lost, the body feels like it has disappeared. A characteristic of mammals is the ability to move and find food. The emergence of goal-oriented humans.
There are three types of learning: supervised learning, reinforcement learning, and unsupervised learning. | The Power of Iteration | The Power of Procedures | The Power of Concepts

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Memorizing 10 brain structure diagrams and 100 brain terms is a shortcut to studying brain science!
The culmination of 10 years of brain science research by Dr. Park Moon-ho, who sparked a brain science craze in Korea!
Contains 240 illustrations showing the brain's working mechanisms.
Understanding the structure and function of the brain!

Park Moon-ho, who has sparked a brain science craze in Korea through his regular classes on "Park Moon-ho's World of Natural Science," as well as lectures and writings at Seoul National University, KAIST, Buddhist TV, YTN Science, and other institutions, presents the culmination of his brain science research! Based on four years of lectures, this book presents a deeper understanding of the brain's structure and function.
Not only does it provide a detailed explanation of the anatomical mechanisms of brain function and guides you on how to draw and master them, it also densely covers everything about brain studies, from neuroscience study methodology to philosophical discussions on consciousness and memory.
He explained the brain's functions centered on sensation, perception, memory, and dreams, presenting 240 illustrations that were painstakingly created by modifying colors, shades, and even individual guidelines.