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HOW

WHY

the Brain Of

Michael Scott

Sajjan Bhave

Frontal Lobe

The frontal lobe is important for voluntary movement, expressive language and for managing higher level executive functions. These functions include the ability to plan. organize, initiate, and self-monitor.

Michael Scott Connection

Michael Scott uses his frontal lobe often, as the Regional Manager of the Scranton Branch of Dunder Mifflin Inc. He is able to organize his team in order to be as productive as possible, and of course, self-monitoring is practically his middle name.

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Occipital Lobe

The occipital lobe is the visual processing area of the brain. It is associated with visuospatial processing, distance and depth perception, color determination, object and face recognition, and memory formation.

Occipital Lobe

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Michael Scott Connection

Being the Regional Manager of a major company, Michael reads through an absurd amount of information every day. He used his occipital lobe to remember this undisputable fact, as he presents with determination.

Pareital Lobe

The pareital lobe processes your sense of touch and assembles input from your other senses into a form you can use. Also, the parietal lobe helps you understand where you are in relation to other things that your senses are picking up around you.

PAREITAL

LOBE

Michael scott connection

Michael Scott famously used his pareital lobe in Season 6, Episode 7 of The Office. He assumed the personality of a certain Blind Guy McSqueezy. This character uses his pareital lobe to understand the world around him masterfully.

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tEMPORAL LOBE

The temporal lobe plays a role in memory, enables people to process sound and vision, and is crucial for recognizing objects and language.

Temporal Lobe

Application

Michael scott connection

Michael Scott used his temporal lobe accurately in The Office when he recalled his colleague, Jim Halpert's, official first name.

Cerebellum

The cerebellum is primarily responsible for muscle control, balance, and movement.

It contains 80% of the brain's neurons.

Michael scott connection

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Michael Scott used his cerebellum to perfection in order to create the perfect handshake, memed by this generation and the others to come.

Amygdala

amygdala

The amygdalae are very important parts of the brain. They are used to help regulate emotion and they are necessary with regards to emotional rememberances.

MICHAEL SCOTT CONNECTION

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Michael uses his amygdala often. The amygdala also triggers fight or flight. Michael learned about this because his colleague Dwight is a master at both.

thalamus

thalamus

The thalamus relays sensory signals and motor signals to the cerebral cortex. These signals include sensory information like sight, hearing, taste, and touch.

michael scott connection

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Michael admires Pam's artwork and her skills during the art show. Also, he is caring and compassionate here towards a good friend of his. He used his thalamus to understand the sensory information from sight.

Broca's Area

broca

The broca's area is the region of the brain correlated with the production of speech. This is located in the frontal part of the left hemisphere of the brain.

MICHAEL SCOTT CONNECTION

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In many occasions, Michael has used his Broca's area to produce sentences that the regular man would not. He is truly a pioneer in this activity, and I do not believe the world will see another like him.

brainstem

The brainstem is the bottom part of your brain and it sends signals to the rest of your body. It helps you maintain your breathing and control your heart rate.

brainstem

michael scott connection

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Michael used his brainstem to perfection in order to keep calm during this stressful time. He has many techniques in order to do that, as you can see here.

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