Cingulate cortex

breaks. “We can use brain breaks and focused-attention practices to positively impact our emotional states and learning. They refocus our neural circuitry with either stimulating or quieting practices that generate increased activity in the prefrontal cortex, where problem solving and emotional regulation occur.” Children in their early years of school tend to be full of energy and have a very short attention span.” Brain breaks are short physical activities you have the kids do. They get the…

My Neuropsychological Journal Emotional Functioning As someone who was diagnosed with PTSD three years ago, and has experienced symptoms for the past five years, I have experienced various deficits in emotional functioning. Reflecting back, my emotional functioning has varied over time. For instance, before I started treatment, my emotional functioning was quite poor. I was unable to regulate emotion and was constantly in a flight or flight mode. For example, in high school and my…

Before the Supreme Court decision in 2005 to the ban the death penalty of juvenile offenders, 22 criminals were executed while under the age of eighteen. So, when given the topic of crime and punishment I was unsure of what I wanted to do with it, but after research on things similar to the first sentence I knew I wanted to do something with adolescence. After more in-depth research I decided on focusing on altering the severity of punishment. Consequently, the United States court system should…

The cerebrum divides into two more sections the telencephalon and diencephalon , which is mainly made up of thalamus and hypothalamus and the telencephalon is made up of a cortex, subcortical fibres and the basal nuclei. moving on the second structural division of the brain is the brain stream the oldest part of the brain which is in control of primary instincts heart rate and fight or flight response which structurally can…

The Teen Brain: Risk Taking The teen years are some of the hardest years in the span of a lifetime. Especially when certain brain functions cannot work because of daily struggles. However, the teen brain does exactly what it is wired to do. The teen brain is wired to take risk, make bad decisions, and be overly emotional. Anatomy The reason behind teens taking risk is the anatomy of the brain. Many of the important parts of this organ are not fully developed until the mid 20’s. The corpus…

How much of our life do we really have control over? This topic is covered in The Magic of the Unconscious: Automatic Brain which contemplates just how much humans are actually aware of and how much we genuinely decide. The video goes into an in-depth analysis of the automatic brain. It shows just how complicated the many processes the human brain goes through each day, in fact at every second. Humans are immensely unaware of how powerful and controlling the automatic brain is. This part of our…

processed only by the spinal cord, resulting in a fast reflex action by the body. The second pathway is known as the spinothalamic pathway where the noxious stimulus is transmitted from the spinal cord to the thalamus and finally to the somatosensory cortex in the brain. As it involves the brain this the pathway involved with pain perception.…

et al, 2003). It is a hierarchical model which governs the control and coordination of information processing. The executive functions emerge from infancy and develop swiftly during the preschool years. Dynamic brain changes within the prefrontal cortex (PFC) are consequently closely associated with the development. Throughout the essay, I am going to focus on the childhood development of cognitive flexibility, inhibition control, planning, and working memory among the broad range of executive…

Parkinson’s disease is a hazardous disease and one of the most common diseases in US, about one million people live with it. It is a progressive movement disorder which means that the symptoms may get worse over time. Till now the cause is not identified or known .There is no cure but there are treatments to reduce the symptoms by medications and surgery. WHAT IS PARKINSON’S DISEASE? It is a brain disorder affecting brain cells in the brain. Parkinson’s affects neurons in an…

such extraordinary cognitive abilities, such as self-awareness, when many other species use tools, hunt, live in unstable environments, engage in group living and navigate complex social hierarchies, and perform elaborate mating displays (Flinn et al., 2005). The gorilla represents a particularly difficult anomaly for these models; despite documented tool use (Breuer et al., 2005) and social group living (Cipolletta, 2004), gorillas fail to consistently demonstrate mirror self-recognition…