The business section today was really great because in addition to the articles being really interesting I found myself excited over an area of research I have never given much thought to: the brain.
Now don't misconstrue what I'm saying, of course I have thought about the brain, how it works, how it develops, heck I've even studied it in those dreaded general ed courses we all have to take. However, I have never actually thought about where further research of the brain could lead us as a society.
To give you a frame of reference- the following page after the brain article I found an interview with a man who had injured his spinal cord in a diving accident and as a result is severely handicapped. Thinking back to the brain article I began to wonder as they continue to understand the nerve pathways within our brain and find the various ways the brain communicates with the rest of our bodies maybe we could find a way in which we could manipulate those nerve pathways in instances of severe injuries such as the man in the article.
If we could do that then there could be a new addition to the recovery process and physical therapy. I guess you could say this idea goes hand in hand with a person's mood and energy greatly affecting the recovery process as well.
All in all VERY cool how far we are coming and for a geeky English major even cooler that it got me excited.
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