Alertness

Kjerkegaard (2011:6 ) in his article "Seven Days without a Pun Makes One Weak. Two Functions of Wordplay in Literature and Literary Theory" attempts "to demonstrate that the significant differences between the various understandings of wordplay originate from its unique flexibility. This flexibility can be exploited in literary language through an interaction between a semiotic deficit and a semantic surplus. It could be claimed that wordplay is viewed in either a semiotic or a semantic…

Cocaine: The Potent Powder “Use your head little soldier, keep the coke out your system...that won’t do away with the pain” (Master P). In the memoir, A Long Way Gone, by Ishmael Beah, young Sierra Leonean soldiers, including the author himself, regularly abuse the stimulant cocaine for its crucial benefits on the merciless and demanding battlefield. Cocaine is “an addictive drug derived from coca or prepared synthetically” (Dictionary), producing a powerful high by acting on the brain,…

and Chesapeake’s began at 8:40 AM. Chesapeake’s had 46.2 crashes for every 1,000 teen drivers, compared to 65.4 per 1,000 teen drivers in Virginia beach (Holohan, 2). Younger, inexperienced drivers don’t do well with impairments that affect their alertness such as having to get up earlier than what is natural for…

Trauma Adaptive Recovery Group Education and Therapy TARGET combines the use of recovery groups and individual treatment focusing on the client’s core values and hopes that are the basis for her ever evolving identity and relationships (Ford & Russo, 2006). TARGET provides psychoeducation about the impact of trauma and PTSD on the body’s stress system which causes the brain to have an “alarm reaction” (Frisman, Ford, Lin, Mallon, & Chang ,2008 , p.289) after a traumatic exposure. This program…

The Glasgow Coma Scale is an instrument that has become widely accepted to evaluate the seriousness of the brain injury. This scale measures the level of consciousness that ranges from alertness to coma. Scores are given according to response levels in three areas: eye opening, verbal response, and motor response. The scores range from the numbers three to fifteen. Three being the most severe and fifteen a mild injury. These scores also…

been tested on patients that showed signs of anxiety. Kava is also known to help reduce skeletal muscle tension, which might be another reason why this supplement helps reduce anxiety. Kava does not change or alter mental clarity or interferes with alertness, reaction time or cognitive abilities. The affects from kava comes from the synergistic mechanism of the kava’s roots. Currently there have been six active ingredients discovered the roots, which are compounds called kava lactones. Kava has…

The loss of self control, the drunkenness, and the attitudes of the Lost Generation are impeccably similar to that of today’s young adults. The Lost Generation uses alcohol and relationships to conceal the pain from their lives that they are leading. Today’s generation uses similar deterrents to leave their pain hidden from the rest of the world. In Ernest Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises, he uses the aftermath of World War I to illustrate the lives of nearly every young person, known as the Lost…

emblematic picture. In this case, one company decides to use their advertisement to spread a certain awareness. The Above the Influence advertisement shows the audience a big, meaningful message with their strong concept and visual cues to show alertness about a drug usage, meth. The Above the Influence picture is simplistic yet strong. It shows a lighter, a lightbulb, and a straw aligned in a certain way. The lighter is lit up towards the lightbulb where the flame is touching the side of the…

only be felt for a few minutes with more lasting feelings of sedation persisting for a few hours afterward” (Drug Abuse). Heroin can also slow down a person’s mental function because it can cause one to become drowsy after their euphoric high. The alertness level of a person becomes very low which can lead to the user hurting themselves in various ways such as falling, since they’re too out of it to be aware as to what is going on around them. A slowed heartbeat can also occur. Even though short…

Have you ever thought about the complex process your brain goes through just to eat a slice of pizza? Most people will never know how complex consuming a slice of pizza is. Various parts of the brain are used from just thinking about feeling hungry and ordering the pizza, to after it has been consumed and the digestive process occurs. One must use many parts of their brain to accomplish all of these simple tasks. While I was sitting down, working on my Psychology homework for Professor Bacon,…