Amygdala

The amygdala is the part of the brain that is involved with the experiencing emotions. When fear or any extreme emotion happen it sends a lot of signals and hormones to the brain which in the end can cause the event that caused fear, the object, or the environment where fear was caused to leave a negative opinion in one's brain. When returning to an environment that someone has had a negative experience in can cause the amygdala to become overcome with emotions and…

Critical Evaluation of “The Gender Gap at School” In David Brook’s “The Gender Gap at School” he starts out by talking about the gender-segregated sections in the airport. In this idea he mentions that one of the gender-segregated section is the bookstore. He talks about the difference between the men and women’s section saying men’s books are about being triumphant against evil, while women focus on books about feelings. The essay then goes into as study about the favorite novels of the…

1.Provide a script of a Clinical Psychologist's description to their patient with a trauma disorder (Acute or Post) in terms of the neuroscience features---what changes in their brain functioning may be occurring as a function of the condition. What you are experiencing is called PTSD. When someone suffers a trauma, any type of trauma, the brain and body react. A trauma-related neuropathway is created that can be repeatedly reactivated, for some these changes pass in a few weeks, the disruption…

Introduction Athletics and exercise are a great way for people to get in shape and lower the risk of chronic diseases like high cholesterol, diabetes, heart disease, and obesity. College athletes are seen as some of the healthiest people in the population, but playing in competitive sports, unfortunately, comes along with the unavoidable risk of injury. This is a terrible reality, but the only way to take that risk out of the equation is to stop playing all together. NCAA Nobody wants…

sense of smell is a complex system that’s connected to intertwined with limbic system, the area of the brain that processes smell and emotion and memory. The olfactory centre is in the amygdala its, The where we process all emotions, without our nose a lot of our happy and sad memories are lost forever. The amygdala controls our emotional side. We use it to connect emotionaly with people to express our feelings to show happiness, life without this would be pointless. What happens when we lose…

confidence, and trust, but I have obliterated your safety and ease. I hope you understand that this was never my intention, but an involuntary choice of vision. I wish and will make my best efforts to change your first thoughts at the sound of “Amygdala” from danger, to safety. Though my intentions, hope fully of clarity, are otherwise, I cannot change what I have brought upon you both, so I see no reason to focus on other than the negative. You have both been so kind in the past and I don’t…

Cause of the Illness Many people live life in pursuit of happiness, however, during their life’s journey they encounter many unexpected negative or overwhelming circumstances that unfortunately may lead to the feeling of devastation and uproar, such as, death of a loved one or a loss, abuse, financial difficulties, illness, and or any unsettling major event that may leave people unable to overcome and continue living a normal day to day life. Some researches consider that people may have a…

The human brain is very fascinating. It has many parts and functions, which help us in our daily lives. The brain is one of the most important things we humans have. The human brain has four parts: Hindbrain, Midbrain, Forebrain, and Cerebral Cortex. With each part comes its functions. For hindbrain the parts are medulla, cerebellum, and pons. For forebrain the functions are the limbic system, thalamus, hypothalamus, basal ganglia, and cerebral cortex. And last the cerebral cortex, the sections…

investigated in various pathological studies that concluded the disease begins in the trans-entorhinal region of the brain, begins to degenerate the entorhinal cortex, soon after progressing to the hippocampus, amygdala, and neocortex (Frost and Diamond, 2010). Consequently, the deterioration of the amygdala leads to the emotional dysfunction seen in Alzheimer's patients, while the hippocampal destruction leads to memory loss, resulting in two of the most debilitating symptoms of the disease.…

Where were you when the September 11 attacks happened? Where were you during the july 7th bombings? Can you be confident in your memories to stand up in a courtroom over 10 years later and demand that your memory is as clear and concise as it was when it was first created. In fact, many people who were not even present at these attacks still describe very clear memories of what they were doing when they found out about them. Why would somebody who was not directly affected by the event have…