Secrets Of The Brain Summary

People have been searching to understand how the brain really works for centuries. There have been many different theories over the years. In recent years, scientists have been able to discover more precisely how the brain works. They use a technology called diffusion spectrum imaging to take pictures inside the brain. By creating these images, they are able to explore the brain and look for patterns in the way the brain works. In “Secrets of the Brain” Carl Zimmer spoke of the progress they are making towards understanding how the brains of people with disorders and identifying the differences in their structures “As they map the brain in greater detail, they may learn how to diagnose disorders (such as schizophrenia, autism, and Alzheimer's
disease) by their effect on anatomy, and perhaps even understand how those disorders arise.” They have made huge steps forward which could lead to understanding these disorders and possibly lead to cures for them.