Regional Integration Essay

How well is our brain able to focus and not let distractors get in the way? Through results of flanker tasks, it seems that our brain is not that good with ignoring distractors. This leads to a debate on whether top down processes are used in both targets and interfering distractors in flanker tasks or if bottom up processes are used. In a research article, titled “Top-Down Processes Override Bottom-up Interference in the Flanker Task” by Rotem Avital-Cohen and Yehoshua Tsal, it is clear that…

Introduction Several learning disabilities exhibit symptoms that are very similar to Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (AD/HD). These disorders affect sensory perception. One is Audio Processing Disorder (APD), another is Visual Processing Disorder (VPD), and the third is Sensory Processing Disorder (VPD). This paper defines these four disorders, explores commonalities among symptoms, and offers suggestions of accommodations that could help in a classroom where multiples of these…

the individual has an adaptive response. An individual is composed of eight senses, which are tactile, olfactory, gustatory, visual, auditory, vestibular, proprioception and intraception. Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD), also known as Sensory Integration Disorder, is a neurological disorder that makes it difficult for an individual to process and organize information received from the senses. Three categories of sensory modulation are sensory over-responsive, sensory under-responsive and…

improve. The repetition of this given exercise leads to improvement through practice, but cannot be applied to a new task. In an online article “Treating Sensory Processing Issues” which supports the use of SI therapy, the concept behind Sensory Integration Therapy is explained by Beth Arkly. Beth is a writer at Child Mind Institute, a website dedicated to providing care for children with disabilities. She writes "The idea behind SI therapy is that specific movement activities, resistive body…

Rachael Barnes February 7th, 2016 Dr. Queen Visual Search Lab Introduction Jeremy Wolfe is a psychologist who was particularly interested studying visual attention and visual search. The term “visual search” is used to describe the action of using one’s visual modality to identify an object given to you. Wolfe (2011) posed the question “how you find what you are looking for in a visual world filled with these things that you are not looking for?” (p.1). When it comes to visual search we…

Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) is a chronic (lasting greater than six months) pain condition that most often affects one limb (arm, leg, hand, or foot). CRPS is believed to be caused by damage to, or malfunction of, the peripheral and central nervous systems. CRPS is divided into two types: CRPS-I and CRPS-II. Individuals without a confirmed nerve injury are classified as having CRPS-I (previously known as reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome). CRPS-II (previously known as…

Information technology has come a long way developing modern information systems. Telemedicine is one of the areas within the healthcare organizations in which healthcare providers can remotely serve people in the remote areas using advanced telecommunication technology. Teleconsult The purpose of teleconsultation to obtain the professional opinion of a healthcare provider who is not physically present at the location where the patient and/or his primary healthcare provider are. The main…

the first time. What is more difficult is for him/ her to imagine that pain as constant, multiplied on large scale, and not knowing what causes the pain. Unfortunately, patients with CRPS know this experience as one knows their own name. Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS), formerly known as Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD), is ranked as the most severe form of chronic pain that exists today by the McGill Pain Index. Knowing this leads to the desire for a simple goal: discover the origin of…

Vernon Motorsports opened in 2002, it is a locally owned and operated business located in the northern section of Vernon within the auto mile. This is a retail business that sells new and used motorcycles, all-terrain and utility vehicles, personal watercrafts, snowmobiles and outboards (Vernon Motorsports, 2015). They also have a full-service department that can take care of any and all needs their customers machines may need, as well as all the accessories and clothing to go along with it.…

Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS), also known as reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD) (Mosely, 2004), is an umbrella term for a variety of clinical presentations characterized by chronic persistent pain that is disproportionate to any preceding injury and that is not restricted anatomically to the distribution of a specific peripheral nerve. CRPS can be sub classified into two diagnostic subtypes: type I, in which no peripheral nerve injury can be identified, and type II, where symptoms are…