Learning how the brain does its coding. Most organisms with brains can store and process a staggering range of information.
The fundamental unit of the brain, a single neuron, however, can only communicate in the simplest of manners, by sending a simple electrical pulse. The challenge of understanding how information is contained in the pattern of these pulses has been bothering neurobiologists for decades, and has been given its own name: neural coding. In principle, there are two ways coding could be handled. In dense coding, a single neuron would convey lots of information through a complex series of voltage spikes. Top Ten Myths About the Brain. Top Ten Myths About the Brain. Brain Basics. The Whole Brain Atlas. Brain Function, Anatomy & Diagram.
Much of the brain's physiological task involves receiving information from the rest of the body, interpreting that information, and then guiding the body's response to it.
Types of input the brain interprets include odors, light, sounds, and pain. The brain also helps perform vital operations such as breathing, maintaining blood pressure, and releasing hormones (chemical signals that control certain cells and organs). The brain is divided into sections. Anatomy of the brain. BRAIN.