--Original published at Zach Nawrocki's Blog

Hi everyone, my name is Zach Nawrocki I am a Biotechnology major. I chose to take this course because I need it for my neuroscience minor and I also find this field very interesting to talk about and have deep conversations about.

I do not have to deep of a background in Psychology. I did not take any Psychology classes in high school. Nevertheless, I have taking Cognitive Science and Neuroscience last semester so I know a little about the brain and how it works and thinking about questions revolving around psychology.

When I hear the word psychology I think about the brain and questions that revolve around the brain and delving deep into the mind and how it works as a whole and in coordination with other parts of the body.

Three topics that interests me are, “How does our brain decide what is long term memory vs. short term memory”, “How do emotions and consciousness relate to one another”, and “Understanding more about how the brain works”. I am interested in these three topics because I find the brain a very complex machine and I want to learn more about how the brain works and does dozens of things in split seconds.

Three topics that I think will not interest me as much are, “Sections on sleep”, “The parts of the brain”, and “psychotherapy”. I do not think that these topics will interest me as much because I like to learn more about how the brain works with the outside world and deep questions about how consciousness works and figuring out if other things have consciousness and what exactly makes something conscious.

Some questions I want answered by the end of the class is how memory works and what is happening when students are studying and why does the brain remember some things while forgetting about others. I also want to learn more about the emotion side of the brain and why do humans show emotions while other animals do not.