Cingulate cortex

Glucocorticoid are primarily used therapeutically as anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive agent. They are secreted from the adrenal cortex of the adrenal gland in a circadian manner or in response to stress perceived by the brain. They are able to modulate physiological homeostasis and coordinate those adaptive responses to stressors. An imbalance in glucocorticoid levels, specifically chronic glucocorticoid has been associated with a number of neuropsychiatric disorders, specifically…

Gage’s doctor, Harlow founded this case to change how people study illness and injuries. It was a push for medical advancement. “Today, scientists better understand the role that the frontal cortex has to play in important higher order functions such as reasoning, language, and social cognition” (Cherry) Harlow was right, although knowledge about the brain in the 1800s was very little we now a lot more. The main topic that people talk about…

What Does it Mean to Have a Split Brain? By Amanda Larkin Psychophysiology January 10, 2015 California Baptist University In order to understand the concept of a Split Brian, we must know the functions of the corpus callosum. The corpus callosum is located at the center of the brain, just beneath the cerebrum. The corpus callosum allows sensory and cognitive information to enter a passageway through the two separate hemispheres of the brain. The corpus callosum enables the right and…

Cerebral palsy is a developmental condition that refers to a group of disorders rather than a single entity. It affects a persons’ musculature, including movement and postural abilities. This condition is due to cerebral damage while the brain is still in the developmental stage, thus occurring in utero, during or shortly after birth. Brain damage that results in cerebral palsy can occur in several ways and plays a role in the extent of the condition. Therefore, each case will be different…

LeDoux said we “do not come preassembled, but are glued together by life.” (LeDoux, 3) As a leading neuroscientist, he makes this claim intending to show that neuroscience is the best approach for understanding identity. It is the most complete and concise way of understanding the numerous, undeniable correlations between brain structures and identity. Current research has already shown key facets of human experience to be directly represented in the brain. Computers are closing in on matching…

An individual that utilizes denial as a coping skill throughout their life is extraordinarily nimble at avoiding glaring behaviors and actions of themselves and the people that they love. The motivation of drive theory of denial allows the individual in denial to reduce their inner turmoil and tension by pretending the unwanted situations are not there. As an example, Jean is a middle child in a family of six. She is the only girl and if often overwhelmed by the boys arguing and rough housing.…

As previously learned in class, the definition of evolution is the change in variant frequencies in a population over time. The four forces that evolution acts on are mutations, gene flow, genetic drift, and natural selection. From an evolutionary psychology perspective, the physical structure of the brain has changed over time, thus allowing humans to develop complex behavioral patterns. When comparing brains with primates, humans have a larger and heavier brain. When compared to a…

The ability to express and perceive emotion serves an important role for human functioning in everyday environments. It can, for example, allow us to detect danger or respond to a person in need. A full understanding of how emotion influences behaviour has yet to be realized. Recent literature has demonstrated that exposure to emotionally arousing stimuli can alter the perceptual mechanisms of participants. The present experiments attempted to expand this research to examine cross-modal vision…

importance of this region being its positioning in the brain. The accumbens is located in close proximity to one 's motor system ( for movements), one 's limbic system ( involved in one 's emotions and learning) and finally it extends to one 's prefrontal cortex (controls one 's thought processes; including problem solving, making decisions and planning things). All of these regions work together in order to create "a critical interface between our emotions and our actions"; Therefore creating…

Classical music is more harmonic while rock music is more rhythmic. Rhythmic music makes listeners more passionate, raising adrenaline, while harmonic music makes listeners more contemplative. Studies have shown that exposure to rock music causes learning and memory retention problems because the rhythm acts in the same way a drug do. However, the brain does create a strong association between rock music and what is happening visually when you hear the song. So, regardless of conditions, when…