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203, Barrackpore Trunk Road, Kolkata 700 108 PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH UNIT SPEAKER
: Dr.
Sisir K. Majumdar, Fellow of the ‘Royal Society
of
Medicine’, London
TITLE : Brain as Regulator of Mood and Talent. VENUE : Population Studies Unit, 5th Floor, Main Building. DATE February 13, 2004. TIME : 3:00 P.M. |
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Abstract
Brain is the
physico-chemical organ
of mind. It is a neurochemical mosaic. Chemical substances
(Neurotransmitters / Neuromodulators) like acetylcholine, adrenaline,
nor-adrenaline, serotonin, gamma amino-butyric acid (GABA), glutamic
acid, nitric oxide, neuropeptides etc. produced in the brain regulate
our memory, mood, sleep, pain-sensation and so on. Different anatomical
parts of the brain are concerned with different intellectual functions.
For example, parietal lobe is concerned with mathematical and musical
talents. This talk will deal with the relationship between
neurotransmitters / neuromodulators and mood, sleep, mental balance and
also the role of parietal lobe in mathematical and musical talents with
particular reference to the brain of Albert Einstein (1879 – 1955),
“Newton of the 20th Century”, Nobel Laureate in Physics, 1921 and
author of Bose (Satyendra Nath Bose) – Einstein Condensate (BEC).
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