Brain

this video of the Charlie Rose Brain Series it discuss the alzheimer disease and the frontotemporal dementia. The alzheimer disease is considered as the loss of memory while the frontotemporal dementia is characterized by language and behavior dysfunction. Both of these diseases are generative that not only affect the individual who has this disease because it also affect the people that is around this individual. Alzheimer is known as the most common degenerative brain disease. According to…

The patient presents with a significant history of traumatic brain injury with facial reconstruction and vertebral fractures, chronic ace and back pain, neuropathy, and acid reflux.The patient presented to the emergency room after a seizure witnessed by the wife at home. Wife believed seizure lasted for 45 seconds and patient feel to the floor and hit his head. The patient states that he has had increasing episodes on intermittent tremors, and starring off for the last year. CTscan of the head…

One neurodevelopmental disorder I choose is Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and the One neurocognitive disorder I choose is Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) both of these disorders can be a lifetime disorder but treatment can help. They are both more common in men, but women are still susceptible. Autism is a mental condition, present from early childhood. Autism impacts the nervous system. The range and severity of symptoms can vary widely. Common symptoms include difficulty with communication,…

The NFL, Football, and Brain Disease What is there to say? Football has always been football; a rough recreational game fun, a sport meant for enjoyment. That was until, CTE, a brain disease linked to football has caused many parents, children, and families to suffer. Now CTE, is often found in athletes who have had some type of repetitive head trauma. Whether football is the main cause of CTE, varies because there are other instances in which someone has developed CTE. For example, former…

Traumatic Brain Injuries How do you think a brain injury could affect your life? How difficult do you think it would be living with the lasting effects that a brain/head injury causes? These are questions that athletes of all ages are now having to ask, and the answers are disturbing. To have a traumatic brain injury, there must be some type of violent trauma done to the brain. There are numerous classifications to brain injuries, including whether it is a brain or head injury. Depending on…

As research shows, the brain is divided into two hemispheres, the left and right. The brain is hemispherically lateralized, meaning that each hemisphere has their own set of specialized functions, making them differ greatly regardless of their similar makeup. The left hemisphere controls the right side of the body, spoken and written language, mathematical calculations, logical thought, and the analysis of detail. The right hemisphere instead controls the left side of the body, visual-spatial…

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,…

The Effects of Hypnosis on the Brain Hypnosis, or commonly known as trance, is an altered state of mind in which a person is highly responsive to suggestion. While in trance, a hypnotic subject is focused entirely on certain ideas to the exclude of all others. At one time, the hypnotic effects were widely believed to be an act of trickery or mysticism. However, in recent years, advancement in cognitive science have found hypnosis to be a natural state, grounded in the principle workings of the…

“This is your child’s brain on reading” by Carina Storrs. This article suggests that the brain networks involved in reading and listening to stories develop early. Kids who read less and have less exposure to books have less early brain development as suggested in this article. Before this study researcher found that children who were exposed to books at a young age excelled at many levels as they got older, stated by Dr. Barry Zuckerman professor of pediatrics at Boston University School of…

Protean Brain The Protean Brain is the name for our neuroplastic brain. The brain can alter itself like malleable plastic, and changes itself as we experience new things, take new medications, or think a certain way. These changes do not happen rapidly however, they happen overtime, and are built by repetition in our lives. These habits are oftentimes onset at birth, that is to say that we have a built in base level for most emotions in our lives, we have a base happiness, a base sadness and so…