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THE BRAIN:
THE BRAIN:

OUR MATCHLESS COMPUTER THAT
OUR MATCHLESS COMPUTER THAT

INTERPRETS ELECTRICAL SIGNALS
INTERPRETS ELECTRICAL SIGNALS

Y ou see everything going on around you, can easily distinguish
sounds from one another, and can recognize flowers that you
first smelled in early childhood. You immediately feel pain
when you prick your finger with a needle, feel chilly in low tempera-
tures, and sweat when it is hot. You depress the clutch pedal with one
foot when driving and at the same time, turn the steering wheel with one
hand while changing gears with the other. You tap your fingers to the
beat of the music you’re listening to, while chatting to the person in the
passenger seat. As you speak, you also listen to the other person and try
to frame logical replies. At this point, a number of details from the past
may enter your mind, and remembered images are conjured up before
you. All the while, you still clearly perceive many surrounding details
around you. Indeed, even while you are performing all these actions, if
another vehicle suddenly pulls out in front of your car, you immediately
stamp on the brakes while not losing control of the steering wheel.
The processes needed for all this to take place are under the control
of the brain, the main management center. From the moment we are
born, it identifies all that we need in order to survive. It plans, organizes
and makes the necessary adjustments so that these goals can be fulfilled,