The Cancer Fear Jakiem and I were out on 38th street, we were going to my friend’s home for the money that he had bet me for. After getting my money, I decided to spend some of it on a newspaper from the gas station. Just as we walked outside, my paper flew out my hand ,though, it flew out of my…
dvancements in Neuroscience How the brain works has been a topic that has interested me for many years. I have been intrigued by how thought patterns and behavior can be changed through retraining the brain. Even with the knowledge of how to retrain the brain, little has been known about what the brain looks like as it is working, but that is changing. Neuroscientists are performing research to discover exactly what the inner workings of the brain look like. One of the…
In 1906, Alois Alzheimer described the pathological features of presenile dementia. He noted the presence of military foci (Plaques) and fibrils in the brain of one of his cases, although he was not the first to describe the clinical features nor was he the first to describe the plaques. He was, however, the first to describe the fibrils. This disease was named after him by his senior colleague because of his statement that he was describing a new disease entity. (Hardy 2006).…
temporal reasoning that can lead to better performance in math and science.” All of this has to do with the fact of how the brain goes along and comprehends with music. “Music…
about this functional specialization of our brain by observing people with brain damage or injury and examining they brains after death. Today scientist have other methods. They can monitor brain waves, blood flow, or glucose consumption in the brain to find out which part of the brain is responding to specific stimulus. We do know that left side of the body is control by right side of the brain and right side of the body is controlled by left side of the brain. It was discovered through…
Motor Neurone Disease (MND) By Ryan Renshaw o60 MND (Motor Neurone Disease rosis (ALS) and Lou amy otrop Gehrig's disease. MND is a rare neurological condition that causes the degeneration of the motor system. It is progressive and worsens every time and reduces the life expectancy with most people dying within 5 years of having it. Motor Neurone Disease begins with the akness of the muscles in the hands, feet and voice. Some symptoms of MND can be muscle aches, cramps, twitching, clumsiness,…
Brain Pathways When I say “macaroni,” you might think “cheese;” when I say “peanut butter,” you could possibly think of “jelly.” Often people refer to blue as boy’s color and pink as a girl’s color. You normally think that these things would coincide because we often see them together. This is an example of the pathways that the world around us has engraved in our brains. Researchers interested in neuro-pathways conducted a study on a group of dogs. At meal times, when the dogs would be fed,…
items demonstrating a motive for current reward as well as an inclination to take action in obtaining possible rewards. The EEG was documented utilizing a stretch lycra cap containing 64 mounted tin electrodes. Additionally, an average low-resolution brain electromagnetic tomography (sLORETA) was used to calculate the intracerebral electrical materials that produced the recurrences of alpha band…
the brain starts as early as three weeks of conception. It is a lifelong process where the brain will continue to develop, store any new information, and retain memories. Both a child’s brain and adult’s brain has the ability to restructure and be flexible, which is also known as neuroplasticity. It is when the brain has the capability to be bendable and be able to alter the relations in experiences, learning, or even after an injury. It allows the opportunity for nerve cells within the brain to…
The returning vets were often diagnosed as being depressives, psychotics and schizophrenics, and were administered brain operating operations. It was believed that these brain surgeries would bring them relief from their mental illness, but at what cost? After a lobotomy was administered patients experienced seizures, loss of motor skills, and even death. This form of treatment was usually used…