How different would my brain look on scans, from 2 years ago

>>8600401

kek, not very different. The knowledge you have is mostly stored in the properties of the membranes of your neurons. So the membranes probably look different, but you wouldn't really see any difference in terms of the anatomy.


Kudos though.

>>8600412
I didn't mean a change in anatomy, but I was wondering whether there would be more visible activation in the parts of the brain associated with maths.

>>8600430


Hmm... likely... Higher level activity is a little harder to observe with current technologies though.


Observations are usually seen through these sequence of events:

1. If you use areas of your brain often, then those areas become more easily activated.
2. With more activity more blood is, on average, required to deliver nutrients to those regions (e.g. oxygen).
3. With more blood being sent to those regions, the changes can be tracked over time using magnetic resonance of the hemoglobin in the blood (using brain scanning tech).


I don't know which regions are associated with mathematical reasoning, but these researchers from Stanford apparently have a "hunch":

https://www.bostonglobe.com/ideas/2015/09/17/this-your-brain-math/WMrjRMIyyBmtJCLhb5m2FM/story.html


They list:

- the posterior parietal cortex
- the ventrotemporal occipital cortex
- the prefrontal cortex


Those areas of the brain are associated with higher level reasoning and high level mental visualization abilities.

>>8600401
How'd you learn math from scratch?

>>8600501
Yeah seconding this question OP, how did you learn and how did you get the motivation for it?

>>8600501
>>8600512

I studied the following modules with the Open University, a respected long distance university in the UK. You don't need any entry requirements to study with them. I don't have any A-levels, which are the normal entry route to university. Basically every university in the UK, including the really good ones, accept 120 credits from the Open University from specific modules at a particular grade boundary as an alternative to A-level entry.

http://www.open.ac.uk/courses/modules/mu123
http://www.open.ac.uk/courses/modules/mst124
http://www.open.ac.uk/courses/modules/mst125

On top of that I went through
Linear Algebra: Step by Step by Kuldeep Singh for linear algebra as it wasn't covered by the modules.

Didn't do anything special. Went through the textbooks (which are really good in my opinion), did practice problems, and attended lectures (the Open University usually has 1 or 2 lectures per month, which they host at a university local to you). I also posted on /sci/ or emailed my tutor if I needed something cleared up, but I was stubborn about that and did it rarely, since I wanted to understand everything myself.

I didn't really need to motivate myself as I really wanted to do this, so I could study engineering. What really drove me was a big sense of inadequacy due to my poor performance in high school (which occured for various reason I won't go into). I finished high school with a G grade, which is basically the lowest GCSE grade. It's very easy to paint yourself negatively when you fuck up so bad.

All in all, I enjoyed it and I'm glad I took the risk. Now I basically have nothing to do until September (will do some revision and maybe work through an engineering textbook), will hopefully get into the electronic/electric engineering program at Warwick or York. I have spoken to both and they accept OU credits.

Hope that was a good enough explanation.

>>8600571

Making it must feel really good. Well done, anon.

>>8600571

Seriously man, Kudos!

>>8600584
>>8600702
T-thanks guys. W-w-we are all going to make it.

>>8600571
Well done lad, looks like you're on your way to your dreams