the brain

Question 1: What does the brain do?
• The brain allows us to do all the things we want to do. Examples: walking, eating, riding a bicycle etc. These are called ‘conscious actions’ as we know when we are doing them and can decide when to stop.
• Likewise, the brain also controls ‘subconscious actions’. These actions keep our bodies working automatically, without thinking about them. Example: sleeping. We cannot control these actions or decide when to start or stop them.
-taken from How Our Bodies Work—How Do We Think? by Carol Ball...