I've finally found out what getting As or Bs relates to in University words here in Bangor, and so far I have achieved:
3 Outstanding Firsts (A*), 6 Excellent Firsts (A+), 2 Good Firsts (A), 1 Low First (A-), 1 Good Upper Second (B+) and 1 Mid Upper Second (B). So 11 firsts and 2 2.1's basically, all in all I'm very pleased with myself, but am still waiting on the 2 coursework marks and 2 exam marks so keep your fingers crossed!
I'm loving the brain and mind module we've just started, it's really challenging but incredibly interesting. It's taught by Professor Guillaume Thierry who is French (as you may have guessed) and is very amusing. It's got a very steep learning curve to it I feel as there is so much specialist language involved, for example you can't say top, bottom, front, back, you have to say dorsal, ventral, anterior, posterior (I think!) and then of course there's all the different parts of the brain, very complicated, but really interesting.
Oliver Sacks and 'the man who mistook his wife for a hat' were mentioned today, and I was glad to have a bit of knowledge on same of the cases Guillaume was talking about having read the book (thanks Chris Harris!), we also watched a video of a man whose excessive binge drinking had damaged his limbic system, in particular he'd damaged his mammillary bodies and his fornix had detached from his hippocampus (spellings may not be right as I'm doing this off the top of my head!) this essentially left him with a 2 minute memory, and it is a very strange thing to observe.
Even better yet we'll get to see the first human brain dissection here at Bangor University, and should even get a chance to hold the brain in our hands! I am super excited about this, when do you get a chance like this?! Some of my peers don't seem so psyched and some seem utterly repulsed, but oh well I guess it means I'll be able to get closer to the front. =]
So yes, that's enough brain chat for now, but I'm sure you'll here more soon if it stays as interesting. I'm off to go re-read my Oliver Sacks books. =)
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Glad to hear the books are coming in useful. The terminology does get a bit OTT when they refer to "area 37" or the "angular gyrus" doesn't it?
It sounds like a fascinating course - I'm looking forwards to hearing more about it!
Ah yes, I think all the different fissures, sulci and gyri will be the brain of my life for the next few weeks!
I meant bane not brain... it's started to take over!!
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