Introduction

If there is one thing that sets us apart from all other animal species is the human brain. It is our brains that have enabled us to travel to the moon and explore the deepest oceans, to create music, art and poetry, to develop computers, medicines and to even explore the workings of the brain itself.

People have been studying the brain for hundreds of years. In the early days it was thought that the brain might act like a radiator with its purpose being to cool the rest of the body. Until the 1950s it was thought that only the left half of the brain did anything useful, with the right side possibly being a throwback to an earlier phase of human evolution. Most recently the invention of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) technology has enabled us to see which areas of the brain 'light up' when we perform different tasks, yet despite these advances in technology, our knowledge of precisely how the brain works is still in its infancy.

At MyBrain International our interest is in the way in which the physical attributes of our brains defines the ways in which we think and behave. In other words, where the boundary lies between our physiology and our psychology.

To understand this we have used the extensive body of research that has been built by neuroscientists working from the 1960s through to the present day and have correlated this with the equally extensive research into human psychology and temperament. The result has provided a fascinating insight into questions of thought, consciousness and the foundations of personality.

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