Cerebral aneurysm

In the attempts to quantify the relationship between brain mass and function, Lashley removed large areas of the cerebral cortex in rats and pigeons, and found that they could still perform specific tasks. It must be said that media play their part in spreading and keeping the myth alive. In reality, humans use one hundred percent of their brain. From the perspective…

INTRODUCTION The human brain has a remarkable ability to manage the body functions, and process the information that allows us to act on a changeable external environment. To achieve these functions, during evolution, it developed a large computing power, and specialized functions, such as cognition, emotion and consciousness. With approximately 86 billion neurons (Herculano-Houzel, 2009), each neuron has approximately hundreds up to thousands of synapses, it has high structural complexity, and…

Picture a sponge. A common household item that is very simple yet useful. Now compare that sponge to the human brain. It’s porousness allows outside substances to seep in and be collected. The sponge grows and holds more than expected of it. Much like the sponge, our brain can absorb and retain valuable resources. Without the brain, humans would not be able to function. The brain, a highly complex part of the human anatomy, is in charge of one’s intelligence, the senses, producer of all body…

The basis for all psychological studies and research all stems from the biology of human behaviour and specifically the human brain. This is because the human brain creates and controls every single example of human behaviour imaginable and that by studying the brain, we may gain a specific insight into how behaviour is created, where and why. Some of the most pioneering and revealing research studies in the area of the human brain, specifically the study of both the right and left hemispheres…

was experiencing she was hospitalized and after five years of been hospitalized she died. Alois Alzheimer did the autopsy to this woman and he found the three characteristics of alzheimer disease. He noticed a shrink in her brain particular in the cerebral cortex, plaques were outside the neural cells and also there was tangle…

Burton 1 The human brain is such a complex and beautiful organ of the body but yet is underappreciated. Many individuals of the human race fail to appreciate the importance of the brain, but that is just how their brain works! Ironic to think, but yet it is just as sad. Since the existence of mankind the human brain has constantly been evolving, growing stronger into the intricate, sophisticated organs of the present. By natural selection, certain people have a brain that is more developed than…

Madeleine J was a 60 year old woman who was blind and had cerebral palsy. She found her hands to be as useless as “lumps of dough on the end of her arms”. All of Madeleine’s sensory capacities were proficient other than the impairment of perceptions. Every medical test done on her hands and arms showed that her…

Do you ever wonder what will teenagers do in order to avoid accidents? Does the teenager’s brains help them to avoid accidents? Or do they even know how to avoid accidents? According to Dobbs article, he shows teenagers from 14-17 years old are the biggest risk takers, but they use the same basic cognitive strategies that adults do, and they also reason their way through problems just as well as adults Dobb (2011). Since teenagers and adults use the same strategies. What are the other…

ABSTRACT: This research paper summarizes the effect of alcohol on adolescent brain development. Researchers have discovered striking changes that take place in the teen years. These findings have altered the long held assumptions about the timing of brain maturation. For instance, they discovered that the brain doesn’t look like an adult’s brain until the early 20s. However, those brain changes don’t occur properly due to alcohol abuse in adolescents. Adults drink more frequently than teenagers,…

The human brain is undoubtedly the most complex organ in the human body. This three-pound mass of jelly-like, dark and gray tissue controls all human activity. From walking to driving a car to breathing, the brain is the center of all the action in our everyday lives. The brain maintains your body’s basic functions, enables you to understand and react to your experiences and forms your thoughts, feelings, emotions, and behavior. It consists of many parts that all collaborate as a team with one…