I heard that the brain is run off of a form of electricity. I was wandering if the energy is in a liquid form. Does any one know the answer?

I was wondering this because I think It could be tyed in with human behavior during different phases of the moon.

The brain runs on chemical interactions, I suppose it's liquid, yeah. Neurotransmitters, Hormones, stuff I'm sure I'm not remembering, and low voltage electricity are all related to brain function. You should do a search (http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&q=what+type+of+energy+does+the+brain+use+to+functi on%3F) like I did to find this link:
How the does the brain produce electricity? (http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/dec97/880395992.Ns.r.html)

Quickly:

The brain works almost magically- the term in science circles recently is 'holographically", as in nowhere but everywhere, usually ascribed to memory but that's besides the point.

All that fluid housing the cranium is teeming with ions flashing back and forth and back and forth between channels and synapses. While you could say the medium is liquid, the powerhouse is fairly dry cortical tissue that feels like old bubble gum. And don't think 'electricity' in terms of the sparkling stuff that blows circuts in your blender- more like charged particles playing tag with each other in fluid.

I was wondering this because I think It could be tyed in with human behavior during different phases of the moon

Nothing new. The moon theory was used years ago to explain fratboys and nobodies feigning insanity.

I heard that people did'nt know why some people become more violent during a full moon. I was just thinking that since it affects the current of the ocean that it could also affect the liquid in the brain.

I heard that people did'nt know why some people become more violent during a full moon. I was just thinking that since it affects the current of the ocean that it could also affect the liquid in the brain.

Are you playing possum? Meaning, are you trying to make us think that you've come up with a well known theory you've already heard about all on your own?

Why?

Indulge:


Both the moon and Sun have a gravitational effect on the Earth. When they're both on our right (new moon), their combined forces tug up big ocean tides; when we come between them (full moon), they pull opposite each other.

So if it's a gravitational alteration that's making us nuts, we should be looking at the new moon as well as the full moon, says Dr. Daniel Myers, the dentist who has studied the effects of gravity on migraine headaches. Or, alternatively, we shouldn't be looking at it at all. . "I'm not saying there's no full-moon effect," he says. "It's just not caused by gravity." What else could it be? I found no study that looked closely at moonlight, its potential for disrupting sleep, or its facilitation of night-time misbehavior. It might be interesting to compare cloud-covered full moons to clear full moons, with respect to one loony behavior.

And speaking of loony, when the word first appeared in the language, it was used interchangeably with "luny." This suggests that the word evolved from the older word, "lunacy" and the moon, rather than from "loon," the name of the spotted bird with the demented voice.








http://www.discovery.com/area/skinnyon/skinnyon970620/skinny1.html

A study from www.space.com seems to show that animal attacks coincide with holidays, not full moons:

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/solarsystem/lunatic_dogs_010109-2.html

OmniCakes: Forget about astrology. It is nonsense.

Tides on Earth have to do with the differences in gravitational force. The Earth is about 8000 miles (13,000 kilometers) in diameter. With gravity being an inverse square law, the difference in lunar gravitational force on the near side is noticeably more than the force on the far side. This difference causes the tides. Note the moon is about 240,000 miles away. 8000/240,000 is 1/30, about 3.3%

The thickness of the human head is perhaps 6-8 inches (15-20 cm). The difference in lunar gravitational force from one side to the other is negligible. 6-8 inches divided by 240,000 miles is a very small fraction.

Forget about tidal effects on the human brain. Those who talk about such tidal forces are numeric illiterates.

Go investigate channeling, ESP, the Bermuda triangle, alien visitations & abductions, and other metaphysical nonsense that is not so easy to debunk. That nonsense is no more valid, just more difficult to debunk, and the believers are a bit more intelligent that those who believe in astrology.