Cerebral hemisphere

It has been well established that personal stress can affect our bodies and behavior, but what about the stress experienced by our parents or even our grandparents? It is not too much of a stretch to connect a mother’s stress during pregnancy to changes in the fetus. It makes sense that what the mother’s body goes through during pregnancy could also affect the child, however, in the New York Times article by Inna Gaisler-Salomon, “Inheriting Stress” (March 7, 2014), the author discussed her…

Once learning the basics about Cerebral Palsy (CP), I chose to dig deeper into the more modern diagnostic tools and treatments. As an aspiring Audiologist, I looked into tools I would one day use if I were on a case with an individual with CP and found an article about the Auditory Brainstem Response (ABR) tool that is being used to determine hearing loss and likelihood of other related disabilities in tandem with CP. The study done showed significance in correlation with most other causes of CP…

lose patience, cut himself, and be destructive. At that time, his mental health was declining. Madlyn Willigan, an author of the website “Solitary Watch”, mentions, “Prolonged isolation may damage the cerebral cortex, which is ‘the part of the brain that makes us most human’” (Willigan). The cerebral cortex comprises a major portion of the brain and plays a critical role in attention, perceptual awareness, language and consciousness. It is part of the brain that people use for reasoning and…

Dean Burnett is a neuroscientist at the University of Cardiff, a stand-up comedian, and a Guardian blogger. In his book, The Idiot Brain: A Neuroscientist Explains What your Head is Really Up To, he argues that our brains are fallible. The book covers several themes, but the most important themes are mind controls, mental health and fear. With respect, to the theme of mind controls Burnett explains that the brain’s control of the body sometimes results in irrational behaviours. For example, the…

Walking is assisted by the brain, spinal cord, muscles, reflexes and receptors. The act of walking begins from brain and spinal cord which is the planning on how to walk. More precisely, it starts from the cerebral cortex. Cerebral cortex is the region of decision-making and it initiates voluntary response, in this case, the act of walking. Basal ganglia are also responsible for voluntary locomotion. It requires the knowledge of the body’s position in space (where am I walking to) and what…

II. A few key identifiers of paedophilia has been proven throughout past researches done a. Paedophilia has been proven to be able to be detected medically It has been tested that biologically, a paedophile’s brain may have a retardation in the frontal lobe of the brain. The cause could be a result of either a birth defect or even due to any sort of accident acted upon the cranium of the individual. According to Haran, a few medical tests can be conducted to properly examine and investigate the…

The human brain, the strongest and the most complex body part inside the human body. The structure of the brain can lead scientist to pin point were in the brain emotions are associated with. One small change in the chemical output or a change in the stricter of the brain can make a person change their point of view and feelings. The article “Don’t Put the Brain on Trial” makes the claim that the human brain is to unpredictable and changing laws to best fit each person with mental problems goes…

Brain Plasticity refers to the ability of the brain to change its structure or functions by changing the neural connections. Real life evidences such as Paul Bach-y-Rita‟s father‟s recovery after stroke, increased gray matter volume in London taxi drivers‟ hippocampus, etc. have supported the theory of neuroplasticity. This paper also discusses the applications of brain plasticity. Some of these include restoration of vision, recovery from brain injury and working of Brain Computer Interface and…

Reese is a normal teenager who enjoys sports and, of course, her phone. She loves to text, play video games, and get online. She used to be very active and played basketball every day. Reese is on her phone during school and does not have very good grades anymore due to being on her phone. Her mom took her phone away thinking maybe she will try to bring her grades up. This only made her try harder to get online. This is because of synaptic pruning in the brain, the highly active risk and reward…

Central nervous system disease that cause vertigo include disease of the brainstem. vascular nervous system causes malformations, tumor of the brainstem and cerebellum ,multiple sclerosis, , vertebrobasilar migraine. Vertigo of central origin often becomes disabling. The associated nystagmus is often non fatigable, the orientation of this type of vertigo is vertical rather than horizontal, without latency, and unsuppressed by visual fixation. ENG is useful in documenting these characteristics.…