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by matt bridgman
We are all familiar with emotions. Moods. Feelings. As human beings, we are emotional beings. We are designed to experience emotions. Specific structures in the brain are designed to generate emotions for us. Well known structures of the brain, such as the amygdala, hippocampus, thalamus, hypothalamus, and the structures that make up the basal ganglia (including the caudate, putamen, and globus pallidus), and others, are together referred to as the limbic system. This system is responsible for generating our experience of emotions.
Although these are subject to change and/or modification, the following are a few topics that I plan to address in future posts:
 The word "cognition" refers to our thinking skills. In neuropsychology, we discuss cognition in terms of 5 main areas (sometimes called "domains") of thinking skills: attention, language, visual-perceptual skills, memory, and executive skills. Social cognition is sometimes also considered as another domain. Let's explore these areas a little further...
 I was invited a while back to present at a symposium, the theme of which was “recipes for a healthy lifestyle.” The lineup included a dietician from the local hospital, and it was a catered event, with salmon and other healthy foods on the menu. As a neuropsychologist, a lover of the brain, I of course chose to talk about brain health. My “recipe” for brain health turned out to be a rather decent (in my humble opinion at least) overview of that which is required for the health of our brain and our neuropsychological health. This website is almost an extension and expansion of that initial talk, that initial recipe.
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