Smart! What Do You Mean? : Marvels Of The Human Mind

The mind is the most complex part of the human body.

This three-pound organ could conjure thoughts and ideas; store and categorize information for years; think and invent new theories; build computers with astonishing capacities to execute millions of commands and calculations almost instantly. The ever-increasing advances in science allows psychologists and psychiatrists to have a better understanding of which parts of the brain are responsible for which function.

Howard Gardner, of Harvard University, recently developed the Theory of Multiple Intelligence.

He could point out seven areas of intelligence including the two well-known areas of language and mathematics.