Amygdala

impulsivity and depression” stage. Symptoms become more apparent as tau begins killing nerve cells in the frontal lobes. Stage three brings memory loss. The tau begins to expand from the frontal lobe, to the temporal lobe. When the hippocampus and amygdala become affected emotion and memory become impaired. Stage four is dementia. At this point, the tau has taken control of most of the brain by killing several nerve cells and causing the brain to shrink in half. Eventually, the brain will…

Hannibal diagnostic feature where being able to manipulate someone into doing what he wanted physically and also emotionally as he wanted, his ability to breaking the law to his will and not having remorse for others or the guilt for what he was doing, also his possession of being able to act charming to others, major depressive disorder that he suffered from the death of his family, kleptomania pyromania characterized by difficulties in resting urges to engaged in behavior that is excessive and…

Everybody mostly has at least one or more abnormal moment in their lives. The abnormal moments can be triggered by a stressful event, a personal loss, etc. during one’s life. In this paper, I will choose to talk about a person A, who I have been really close with for my entire life. I chose to call this person as "A" in order to protect her identity and privacy. Growing up with her, I knew A always have been having some complications going on in her family. These problems are often parents…

Mapping the Brain, written by Sharon Begley, focuses on how the brain has specific tasks for each of the divided sections. In the article, Begley (1992) uses an analogy to explain how different regions of the brain have distinct roles and are in control of different tasks. Specifically, the brain is compared to a map. Begley (1992) declares, “[The maps] will show . . . where in the brain cognition, feelings, language and everything else that makes us human comes from” (p. 66). This means that…

disorders! Some of the best benefits of practicing mindfulness is the reduction of overthinking, stress and anxiety. Scott and Davenport report that practicing mindfulness “can decrease the levels of the stress hormone cortisol”, and “help shrink the amygdala—the fear center of the brain…to promote a calmer, steadier brain” (2017, p. 19-20). Another point of interest I, personally, found interesting was the topic of visualization. Habit #16 is the practice of visualizing daily goals (Scott &…

hippocampal dentate gyrus and the subependymal zone [SEZ, also subventricular zone] adjacent to the lateral ventricles [1, 2]. Lower levels of neurogenesis have been reported in other regions of the rodent and primate brain, including the neocortex [3, 4], amygdala [5] and substantia nigra [6], but this has been difficult to replicate consistently other than in the diseased brain [7]. Other studies provided compelling evidence that precursor…

Another symptom is thought disorders. These are unusual or dysfunctional ways of thinking. One form of this is called "disorganized thinking.”This is when a person has troubled planning their thoughts or organizing their logic. They often talk in a jumbled way that makes it difficult for others to understand.(Schizophrenia. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/schizophrenia/index.shtml) Another form is called "thought blocking.”This is when a person will completely stop…

Social Psychology In any social set-up, members have a natural proclivity to conform to the general norms of the group in order to be accepted. This phenomenon was demonstrated by Solomon Ash in 1955 through a simple experiment. He put participants in a group and asked them to answer a series of simple questions whose answers seem obvious to everyone. It was observed that when other group members had chosen a wrong answer for a very easy question, the remaining member of the group was likely to…

An Opioid is a medication that lessens pain; this is achieved by reducing the intensity of pain signals from the central nervous system’s location, inside the amygdala, which controls emotion which will decrease the effects of pain slowly. An example of these types of medication is Hydrocodone, Oxycodone, Morphine, Codeine, and other drugs with related functions. They are often prescribed for a variety of painful conditions as well as before and after surgery. However, all of these are used…

Physical Health and Development: While a child’s environment can influence their development, children’s physical and biological development can be linked to one’s cognitive and socioemotional development as well. The brain is a complex organ that is capable of remarkable feats. During late childhood, our physical development is just beginning. In the brain of a child, there are many neurological connections and pathways. As they age, these pathways get “pruned” to create fewer, more…