Corpus callosum

Identification Task where they had to determine the emotions of the speaker. As a result, it was found that Schizophrenic patients had a “lower fractional anisotropy values within primary and secondary auditory pathways, orbitofrontal cortex, corpus callosum, and peri-amygdala white matter” (Leitman et al., 2007). Fractional anisotropy is a measurement of the connectivity in the brain (Grieve et al., 2007); in this study it showed that schizophrenia is associated with disturbances at the level…

Epilepsy is a disorder that affects about 3 million Americans and 65 million people around in world. Research is ongoing to find the causes of epilepsy. In two-third of patients diagnosed with epilepsy, the cause is unknown. Epilepsy is a disorder that affects many people in different ways. Some cases of epilepsy are caused by genetic disorders. Epilepsy is a disorder that affects the brain causing seizures. Seizures occur when the nerve cells in the brain release more energy than the brain can…

Psychological Disorders Response DID, Dissociative Identity Disorder according to David Myers (2014) is “A massive dissociation of self from ordinary consciousness characterizes those with dissociative identity disorder (DID), in which two or more distinct identities are said to alternately control the person’s behavior.” (p. 638). Symptoms of this disorder are (1) Loss of memory for periods of time of events and people. (2) Thoughts of committing suicide and attempts made. (3) Feelings of…

One particular case caught my attention: the lady with the deadly left hand (Ramachandran, 1998, pp. 12-13). It was creepy to read about her story, but I was wondering how common are strokes in the corpus callosum? Additionally, does the malignant left hand do anything else besides strangle people (e.g., reach for random objects)? Another case that caught my attention was that of Bill Marshall, who had problems with arithmetic or dyscalculia (Ramchandran…

My first exposure to a concussion was when one of my friends in my freshman year hit her head on a bathroom door, causing an injury that prevented her from concentrating in class or doing homework and required her to wear sunglasses indoors for a few weeks. While I had sympathy for my friend, I had never experienced a concussion myself and had trouble imagining the experience. How, I wondered, could such a seemingly small injury could have such drastic effects? However, this unit has drastically…

Introduction The statistics regarding the increase in ADHD rates in the United States over the past years are alarming. This issue is of great concern to not only adolescents but parents. Each year ADHD diagnoses are on the rise. The percentage goes up three present each year. In 2011 approximately 6.4 million adolescents were diagnosed with ADHD in the United States alone. Each year diagnoses go up by three percent. If this is true than as of 2016 there are on average 7.3 million adolescents…

Tobias Wolff’s short story “Bullet in the brain” is written as though it was a film and this rhetorical manner evokes a visual, a sonorous, and a neurotic feeling. Yet, even though it seems like a movie, there is a realism to it. Wolff generates a sad ending from the most ordinary thing a human could be doing and this is expressed through the eyes of the story’s narrator that knows how to bring the important details to light. The point of view greatly influences the construction of the story and…

Education is instrumental in preparing new parents on what to expect during pregnancy and after birth. It is important to teach parents how to care for their infant inside and outside of the womb. The nurse will need to educate parents on lifestyle changes that will promote optimal health in their infant. The nurse will determine education based on the parents’ lifestyles and habits such as cessation of smoking and drinking of alcoholic beverages. The teaching will include what fetal alcohol…

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 callosum connects the left and right sides of the brain. It thickens as we mature, allowing us to relate and interpret information more successfully. The hippocampus is the memory directory. It helps set goals and weigh decisions. Furthermore, the…

that let parts of the body communicate. The six basic functions of the brain can be summarized as, thinking and cognition, perception, emotion, behavior, physical and somatic, and signaling. It is composed of two hemispheres, connected by the corpus callosum. Each of these hemispheres are divided into four lobes, each of which play different roles. For example, the frontal lobe is involved with planning actions, the temporal lobe is important for memory, and the parietal and occipital lobes are…