Cerebral hemisphere

Undergoing an amputation generates sufficient trauma in and of itself, adding to the shock is the experience of excruciating pain caused by a limb or other body part that is no longer attached to the body, this disturbance can prove to be not only exasperating but extraordinarily frightening as well. This strange phenomenon, of experiencing a limb that has been removed from the body, is referred to as a “phantom limb.” Around “90 percent of amputees worldwide” have experienced these puzzling…

Abortion has always been an argument between humans. No one can decide whether it is wrong or right. In Neal Shusterman’s, Unwind, there is a different answer to the problem of abortion. In the novel, a concept called Unwinding is created to stop abortion, but still give parents a choice. A child between the ages of 13 to 18 is eligible to be signed to be unwound and according to the law every part of then must be used. Throughout the novel, Connor Lassiter, Risa Ward, and Levi Calder all go…

Writing and literature have existed for thousands of years, from the ancient civilizations of the Middle East and Mediterranean lasting until the modern era. The effect of writing and the creation of literature on the world is unimaginable, as they are cornerstones of a cultured society. Not only is the fact that we create written works important, but also what we put into those works. They are modes for the recording of information and the outlets for creative expression. The whole spectrum of…

i. How is the brain changing and developing? A baby’s brain is made up of one less than one pound of gelatinous tissue. The brain of the baby is a complex organ that controls emotions, ideas, memories and dreams. A baby brain goes through enormous changes because it has not completed making complex connection yet because of its lack of experiences. There are about one trillion nerve cells that make connection with each other in order to allow the baby to have a proper functioning body. The union…

The word “concussion” derives from the Latin verb concutere which means “to shake violently. To put it simply, a concussion can be described as; a blow to the head which in turn creates a plethora of physical and cognitive symptoms. Knowing general information about concussions is common. People understand how they happen and how to take care of them. They understand that it has something to do with hitting your head and moving your brain. However, the actual disruption of homeostasis caused by…

The human brain is complex. No matter how much scientists study it, there always seems to be more to learn about the human brain. Sometimes it seems the more we learn about the brain, the more we realize just how much we still do not understand. While this is by no means a complete explanation of everything going on neuroscience, here are three recent medical studies connected with the brain: Brain Scans and Depression Recently, researchers at King’s College London and The University of…

its trillion synapses. After receiving two grants from the National Institute of Health, Dr. Van Essen’s Human Connectome Project (HCP) was fully funded. Dr. Van Essen chose to focus the HCP on long distance synapses within the gray matter of the cerebral cortex, otherwise known as the human macro connectome. In his Ted Talk he mentions briefly other neuroscientists studying the human micro connectome. Thus, the HPC had large goals for a relatively unexplored area of…

Jacobs runs with two themes: be careful what you wish for and you can't get something for nothing. Jacobs illustrates both themes when Herbert urges his father to wish for two hundred pounds. Everything seems to be going fine the next day until Herbert leaves for work. Not long after he is gone, a strange man comes to their house and informs Mr. and Mrs. White their son has been in an accident involving the machinery he was working with and he was instantly killed. The company Herbert was…

The first video on Aggression is the Bandura Bobo Doll Experiment. The Experiment was founded by Albert Bandera who was an American psychologist that set out to see how far watching other people influence another person 's behavior. According to the YouTube video uploaded by Geert Stienissen where Albert Bansera speaks on his discoveries, Bandura stated that: The segment was taken from an early experiment on learning of an aggressive styles of behavior through modeling children and how they…

of Educational Performance: On September 22, 2016, I had the pleasure of observing a middle school classroom at The Day School. During my observation, I reviewed an extremely well written IEP for a tenth grade student diagnosed with autism and cerebral palsy. Academically, the student performs below her same age peers and state approved academic standards. She demonstrates delays in the areas of cognition, receptive and expressive language, fine and gross motor skills, self-care, and…