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Asked by rozeenac to Ben, James, Jen, Michael, Susanna on 13 Mar 2013. This question was also asked by lufc12, coxhc02.
Question: why have you chosen to study the brain and not any other part of the human body ?
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Susanna Martin answered on 13 Mar 2013:
@Rozeenac, that’s an interesting question because actually I wouldn’t say that I do study the brain. I’m actually interested in how people learn and share information. Some of my research looks at how technology such as dataloggers and mobile phones can help students learn by engaging them and giving them the chance to find things out for themselves. Other bits of my work look at who you trust with knowledge, such as do you trust an expert or someone with lots of experience.
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Jen Todd Jones answered on 14 Mar 2013:
I did like some biology at school but I wasn’t totally interested in science, when I started hearing about the brain I thought it was amazing. I also like learning about stars and planets but I’m not good enough at maths or physics for that sort of science!
To me the whole of the human body is amazing and it’s a bonus that when you study the brain you need to study the rest of the body too – the blood system, the nerves that communicate with your limbs, and how diet changes our brain!
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Ben Brilot answered on 18 Mar 2013:
Hi, a bit like like Susanna, I wouldn’t say that I study the brain at all. I’m very interested in behaviour and how people and other animals figure out what the best way to behave is (for example if they have a choice between two different options, how do they decide which one to choose). You don’t necessarily need to know how the brain is working in order to study this: you can just measure the brain outputs (in terms of behaviour and physiology and the like) and figure out what sort of processes might be going on.
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rozeenac commented on :
If u had a chance to study something else ,what would it be and why ??
Susanna commented on :
to study something else in psychology I think I’d like to look at neuro disorders like prosopagnosia, I have a friend who’s doing this research and he get’s to meet some really interesting people.
Jen commented on :
Hi Roze
I’d study the stars, cosmology and astrophysics – I know I said I’m not good enough at maths, but in an ideal world I’d get by! I love that actually there are more neurons in the brain than known stars in the sky, but that’s still enough stars to get working on!