Affective neuroscience

I chose to research the box and whisker plot for my final project, because I remember when I learned it in high school that I enjoyed it more than most math things. I could also understand how it worked better, so I thought that I could explain it better in my paper and in the presentation than the other topics. The box and whisker plot is used to show the shape of the distribution, it's central value, and it's variability. Before Barry Manilow's 74th birthday, he started to wonder, what are the…

Imagine being stuck on a elevator with someone you don’t know and they keep looking at you and saying your name and you can’t get out because she or he is way to big. The Elevator, By William Sleator , in this book Martin a boy has a fear of elevators but this fear gets worse as this lady gets on and she is extremely obese what is he thinking at that point?. He has to be scared wouldn’t you? it’s scary hearing your name out of someone’s mouth you don’t know. Think about it a random person…

Brain Implants. Introduction Brain implants, also known as neural implants, are technology implanting devices on surface of the brain that connects directly to the neural system. Some possible use for brain implant technology are treatment for brain disorder, restoring and enhancing of sensory system, and augmenting brain processing. In this paper, the ethical considerations of applying brain implant technology for both therapeutic and enhancement purpose will be examined. Overview of brain…

According to, psychologist, Barbara Fredrickson, there 's no such thing as true love, but merely a "micro-moment of positivity resonance" a neurobiological response. Fredrickson is referring to a charge of emotional electricity between two people, whether it is romantic, friends, relatives or even strangers. In her book, Love 2.0: How Our Supreme Emotion Affects Everything We Feel, Think, Do, and Become, Fredrickson argues that scientific evidence argues love is not what we think it is.…

Memory is defined as “The mental capacity or faculty of retaining and reviving, facts, events, impressions, etc., or of recognizing previous experiences.” Many people rely on their memories and are convinced their memory is always correct. Scientist have tested memory multiple times and found that memory is not all that reliable. Memory has been found to be affected by many factors such as emotions, verbs, selective attention, and many more. The following article explores the ways memories are…

One of the most important yet least commonly considered questions is where would we be without our brain? We tend to forget that without our brains controlling every aspect of our lives, we would be nothing more than a frame of bones decorated with skin. Our brains provide us with our personalities, intelligence, thoughts, dreams, and so much more. For something so giving, the least we can do is care for our brain as much as it cares for us. However, sometimes that is harder than it seems. As a…

Following the introduction of the brain-disease model of addiction, proponents and opponents have emerged to argue for or against a neurocentric view of addiction and the importance of brain circuitry in treating addiction. The following discussion will discuss the societal pros and cons of labeling addiction a brain disease and evaluate whether brain circuitry is necessary for the treatment of addiction in order to illuminate the benefits and drawbacks of the brain-disease model for individuals…

Navon (1977) has shown that the global characters are reacted to faster than local ones. However, this study will focus on how we perceive local characters when they are same as the global ones, and when they are different. It is based on Navon’s experiment 4 from 1977 but with the attention of the study being shifted from global characters to local ones. The participants (first year undergraduate psychology, C81MPR students) had to press the button on the keyboard as soon as they identified the…

Global Health in Relation to Early Childhood Development OVERALL TOPIC The function of global health is to promote and improve health worldwide through research and intervention. Authors Frances E. Aboud and Aisha K. Yousafzai, in their review “Global Health and Development in Early Childhood,” discuss these goals with a focus on infants born in low- and middle-income countries. Their article reviews evidence from multiple studies showing how health and nutritional risks and inadequate…

Virtual Child has been an incredible learning tool especially when it comes to all the different milestones children achieve throughout their life. The most important childhood developments are their sleeping, health, eating, and motor development. My own virtual child, Delilah, experiences all of these adaptions that a usual child at eighteen months would up to that point. At the age of eighteen months, her sleeping and eating have regulated to the point where she gets regular sleep and enjoys…