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The innate brain systems of all mammals/animals are developed on and surpass the capacities of both the right and the left hemisphere of the brain. Minute animals like the worms have pseudo sensory brain function mechanisms that has been connected by nerves having very few neurons. There is a neural net that links the brain stimuli system with few intermediary layers and that could be used as an illustration model (Sowa 1983). The brain of a reptile is infinitesimally small compared to those of…

In what ways does music affect cognitive abilities? For many years it has been believed music has an ability to affect, develop and improve multiple cognitive abilities and brain functions. Modern forms of technology such as comprehensive brain scanning has allowed for such a theory to be tested and studied providing the information needed to understand the ways in which music affects cognitive abilities. Multiple types of sources have been gathered to develop understanding of the affect of…

The modern brain-imaging techniques have provided the opportunities for the psychologist to investigate the active brain. The brain-imaging technologies are useful in neuropsychology as they allow the researchers to examine the active brain. The brain-imaging technologies also enable the researchers to see where specific brain activities happen, therefore to study the localisation of function in the living brain. The correlations between activity and behaviour can be provided as well, even…

Maple Syrup Urine Disease (MSUD) is a rare, autosomal recessive metabolic disorder in which the body is unable to process certain amino acids properly. It causes brain damage and progressive nervous system degeneration. MSUD is caused by mutations in three different genes: BCKDHA, BCKDHB and DBT (Warrell, Cox and Firth, 2012). The BCKDHA gene causes MSUD Type Ia due to the mutation in the E1α subunit, BCKDHB causes Type Ib due to the mutation in the E1ᵦ subunit, and DBT causes Type II due to…

the contributing factors that cause individuals to participate in illegal activities (Pittaro, 2017). Specifically, the concerns involved juvenile delinquency and the association of environmental pollutants and contaminants, which cause neurological brain disorders. The research on this major topic surrounded a hypothesis that exposure to high levels of lead makes children susceptible to aggressive, antisocial, criminal, and delinquent behaviors (Pittaro, 2017). Criminologists and credible…

Everyone feels exhausted after a long day of school or work, but that tiredness can become debilitating. That is when you know that you are experiencing Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS).How then, do you spot its signs? Managing this syndrome takes more than getting enough rest because the exhaustion is constant. Consequently, you need strategies that are not so run-of-the-mill. What is Chronic Fatigue Syndrome? The term 'Chronic Fatigue Syndrome' is self-explanatory. Another term for it is…

In the article “LSD Literally Gets Stuck Inside Your Brain,” Claire Maldarelli explains the neurological effects of LSD and highlights a new study about potential pharmacological advances due to LSD. Brian Roth, one of the study’s authors, is a pharmacology professor at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is studying the neurological effects of LSD and the drug’s properties. LSD is unique among other hallucinogen drugs; its effects are last the longest, clocking in at 12 to 18 hours…

Introduction Attention is a complicated concept that refers to what information in our environment is processed. According to many psychologists, objects in the world are only processed if our attention is focused there, meaning many objects can be missed. One phenomenon that explains why we ‘miss’ certain objects is due to inattentional blindness. Inattentional blindness is where attention is focused on a certain task and unexpected objects that appear in our visual field may not be noticed…

dangerous to multitask with. Texting uses three distractions of the brain, visual, cognitive, and manual while talking just uses manual and cognitive. Texting on the phone had an average reaction time of 66.41 centimeters. Talking on the phone had an average reaction time of 64.65 centimeters. No distractions had an average reaction time of 47.50 centimeters. Therefore, the data does support the original hypothesis. In the brain, there are three distractions - cognitive, visual, and manual.…

study it as an illness that needs to be cured2. Although these studies aim to such big goals, present knowledge about this process is still really poor. In aging brain, there are roughly two categories for the type of changes suffered: structural and chemical changes. Structural changes are, among others, the loss of neural circuits and brain plasticity3, thinning of the cortex4, oxidative stress5, DNA damage6 or the 10% reduction of the brain’s myelinated axons each decade7. Biochemical changes…