• Question: Why do you think our brains operate in different ways? Are we all really different from the inside or are we just as same as everyone else but approach conclusions using different methods of our minds?

    Asked by nageenm98 to Emma, Jimmy, Janet, Niall, Simon on 18 Mar 2013.
    • Photo: James Holloway

      James Holloway answered on 18 Mar 2013:

      Well we are really different on the very small level. Our genes code for how the general structure of our body should be, but they can never code for where every cell should be in our bodies – the amount of information would be staggering.

      That means that even identical twins are different on the level of how their cells are placed, they are not truly identical.

      It matters how our brains are wired, down to the level of each cell. So I think that we are different on the inside. But it also matters on what lives we have lived, our environment effects how we go and who we grow into.

      So to answer your question, both matter.

    • Photo: Niall Crawford

      Niall Crawford answered on 18 Mar 2013:

      As Jimmy said, a combination of nature and nurture. Nature as in small differences in our DNA which could mean our connections in our brain may be slightly different. And nurture, because how you are brought up can affect how you think.

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