The Pros And Cons Of Neurobiology

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Neurobiology – simply reading this word requires synaptic connections exchanging and encoding information in our brain while involving areas such as the Broca’s area and the Wernicke’s area. While this concept is widely known by neuroscientists in the 21st century, there is still a lot of uncertainty regarding the brain’s circuitry and involvement in behaviour. Limitations, such as being unable to edit genes or conduct experiments on the human brain due to ethical concerns, will exist throughout our lifetime. Although we can use animal models to depict behaviour, implementing all findings to the human brain may not be entirely accurate. However, viewing the advances of neuroscience from an optimistic perspective, the rapid pace of technological advancement (appears/seems?) hopeful for the future. Answering all questions put forth by neuroscience is debatable, but because research and technology is advancing exponentially, understanding the state of mind and brain circuitry in the near future is a reality we may be able to witness (Is this thesis fine? word better?). Neurobiology is currently capable of using cellular imaging …show more content…
What do we understand about the state of mind? What brain circuitry is involved in eating disorders such as bulimia and anorexia? These are all questions that remain unanswered in neurobiology today. However, looking back at the 1990s, we see of decision-making, mirror neurons and consciousness – all being labelled impossible concepts to decipher or simply theories. Fast-forward a decade, we now know the pre-frontal cortex is involved in decision-making, mirror neurons (once thought to be a theory) are responsible for empathy and the thalamus is responsible for consciousness. For example, with consciousness – an electroencephalogram was used to find that anaesthetics targeted the thalamus to bring about an unconscious state, what was once thought to be an impossible feat (awkward