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The removal of the hippocampus in Henry Molaise (HM) has taught us a lot about memory. Because he was suffering from a massive amount of epileptic seizures, it was no wonder that he agreed to the surgery to gain some relief that drugs could not provide him. Understanding of the hippocampus was in its infancy in 1953 (Kalat, 2016). After the removal of his hippocampus, to a great extent, his seizures reduced radically, however, it impacted the use of his short-term and long-term memory. He…

that is used to mirror functionalism is the computer metaphor. This metaphor is where the mind represents a type of computer software which is located inside of our brain and regulates everything in some way. You can relate the two with a type of computer software like google chrome is to a computer and how your mind is related to your brain. Functionalistic philosophy mainly focuses around language, psychology of our minds,…

Caregivers and Senior Vision Loss One of the most common age-related conditions in America is vision loss. Most of us will experience at least some level of macular degeneration by the age of 50. Vision loss continues to deteriorate with each additional year. The number of Americans with significant vision loss is expected to double in the next decade as the baby boomer generation ages. In addition to macular degeneration, many more seniors will face vision loss due to injury or illness. Most…

impulsive decisions? The three articles, “The Teen Brain: Still Under Construction”, “Why Are Teenagers So Impulsive”, and “Why Teenagers May Be Smarter Than You Think,” may help to clarify this. While it may seem that teenagers make their spontaneous decisions based on randomness or pure thoughtlessness, a better explanation of adolescence irrationality would be a lack of brain development, or rather a difference between the maturity of the teen and adult brain. This difference is what has…

Preterm Infants and Development Victoria Davis Excelsior College Another physical complication of a preterm infant is blindness or Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP). Retinopathy of Prematurity develops is the leading cause of vision loss in children. Because of being born prematurely the full development of the eyes is interrupted. ROP cause the blood vessels of the eye to grow abnormally and spread throughout the retina. Because these new blood vessels are fragile, they…

Effects of Substance Abuse in Adolescence Brain Development Erik Erikson’ psychosocial model of development, occurs in eight different stages. According to Erikson’s theory successful passage through each stage, ensures positive ability to develop and communicate with others. Unsuccessful development of a stage will create delay in later stages. However, transition through these stages can be accomplished at another time. According to Erikson the adolescence stage, occurs during the ages of…

Drugs are chemicals that affect the brain by tapping into its communication system and interfering with the way neurons normally send, receive, and process information. Some drugs, such as marijuana and heroin, can activate neurons because their chemical structure mimics that of a natural neurotransmitter. Drugs that enter the blood stream have faster and definitely more intense effects. The more directly the drug enters the bloodstream determines how fast and intense the drug will take effect.…

Music has been around for as long as we known humans have been around. Music Education became a part of the American culture in the early 18th century. During this time most schools only taught singing, piano, and theory. With the creation of the Academy of Music in Boston many of the tune books, textbooks, and study text that we still use today. Some of the famous music educators and authors of theses books would include Samuel Holyoke, Francis Hopkinson, William Billings, and Oliver Holden. As…

thought about learning a second language? Now you've got a great reason to do it - new research finds that if you learn another language you might just protect yourself against memory robbing, life altering, Alzheimer's disease. It appears that the brains of bilingual people work better for a good while longer after they get this disease. The latest findings come from a group of researchers at Toronto's York University who tested almost 450 patients diagnosed with Alzheimer's, half of whom…

SECTION 2 Structure involved in disease. According to Martini et al. (2015) nervous system divided into two division which is the Central Nervous System(CNS) and Peripheral Nervous System(PNS). CNS consist of the brain and spinal cord while PNS include all the neural tissue outside the CNS. Neuron are the nerve cells which receive the stimulus from each part of the body and send it to the CNS. A neuron consist of body cell, dendrites, axon,myelin sheath and telodendrites. Normal neuron…