Corpus callosum

how music benefits the brain. 1. Music makes you smarter. According to contributive writer for Wake up World, Deane Alban “How Music Benefits the Brain” claims that people that play and listen to a lot of music tend to have a larger corpus callosum. It is the group of nerve fibers that lets the two hemispheres of the brain communicate with each other, making problem solving easier. 2. Another way music benefits the brain is it betters our memory. According to writer for Brain…

Did you know that every time musicians pick up their instruments, there are fireworks going off all over their brain? On the outside, they may look calm and focused, reading the music and making the precise and practiced movements required. But inside their brains, there's a party going on. How do we know this? Well, in the last few decades, neuroscientists have made enormous breakthroughs in understanding how our brains work by monitoring them in real time with instruments like fMRI and PET…

Autopsies of the brains of children with FAS have demonstrated widespread and severe damage, including the following Malformations of the brain tissue, both in the "gray matter" and "white matter" regions. Failure of certain brain regions (e.g., the corpus callosum) to develop. Failure of certain cells to migrate to their appropriate locations during embryonic brain development. A tendency for the tissue to die in some brain regions (e.g., the cerebellum). "Prenatal Exposure To Alcohol." Alcohol…

Head Trauma has recently become a great concern in the medical field and especially encircling the medical field with ties to sports. Concussions have become an injury that the medical world has become very aware of and very cautious of because of the effects of them. A concussion is “a traumatic brain injury caused by a bump, blow or jolt to the head…damaging the brain cells and creating a chemical change in the brain” (United States Department of Health, 2015). A study, published in the Indian…

consisting of multiple layers of cells that are located on the exterior of the cerebral hemisphere. These layers of cells consist of either white matter or gray matter, as well as the axons that transfer information with neurons, either through the corpus callosum or the anterior commissure, and connect both the right and left hemispheres of the brain (Kalat, 2013). The cerebral cortex contains six layers of cell bodies, called laminae, which differ in both functionality and structure. The…

Alcohol in our society is a very common drug. Some consume it socially and in moderation, and others misuse this drug. Consuming it in moderation can be beneficial while misusing it can be harmful. Studies show that 10% of men and 3-5% of female suffer from alcoholism and 5-10% percent of people suffer from drinking problems that are diagnosed. Studies have also shown, females and young adults have increased there consumption of alcohol. Being helpless by alcohol weakening the memory,…

In late 1980 's Seiji Ogawa discovered the blood-oxygen-level dependent (BOLD) contrast (Menon, Ogawa et al. 1995). BOLD rests on the idea that when neurons in certain part of the brain are active, it results in increased flow of blood in that area. This increased flow brings in Oxygenated Hemoglobin and reduces the amount of Deoxyhemoglobin within the capillaries. Thus we can state BOLD contrast occurs not because oxygenated hemoglobin increases the MR signal but because it displaces the…

exposure to enzymes that degrade or destroy them. Thalamus: Thalamus is the gray matter in the brain between the midbrain and the cerebral cortex. If the thalamus is damaged might result in the loss or partial loss of any or all of those sensations. Corpus Callosum: It allows the exchange of information between the two spheres of our brain. If we did not have it, the two spheres of our brain would be unable to transmit information to each other hence no communication would occur. Wernicke’s…

brain show about brain activity during problem solving? MEG studies into the brain demonstrate millisecond by millisecond. 17. How do different parts of the brain communicate? The left and right hemispheres communicate with one another through corpus callosum. 18. How can you help make your brain smarter? Juggling balls tend to increase gray matter and white matter. 19. How many neurons are there in the brain? 100 billion. 20. How many connections are there between neurons? 100…

. This study did show that children who do witness domestic violence had a greater chance of developing conduct disorders than children who have not witnessed domestic violence, but not emotional disorders. The chances for these children are tripled (Meltzer et al., 1993). Willis et al. (2010) argues that when a child grows up in a violent home and in violent communities they learn about the role of violence in interpersonal relationships. These children then perceives these acts of violence as…