Frontal lobe

Literacy Changes the Way We Think The majority of the human race has survived without reading for hundreds upon thousands of years. How could something, so previously unimportant to things other than communication and recording, better society? Such a thing couldn 't possibly change people so drastically. The only thing is, it does. People 's brains are affected from reading in a way that can change society over time. An article citing a fairly recent study shows these interesting results.…

Most teenage drivers are involved in car crashes every year, and more are killed than in any other age group. Even to this day, 6,000 teens die in accidents annually—more than fifteen a day (Triplett 1). These alarming statistics prove that receiving a driver’s license at the age of sixteen is merely too young. Teenagers are incompetent about being on the road, which increases the chances of putting others at risk because they have not developed a strong level of maturity and experience. The…

Regarding the mind and body, we cannot say that materialism is correct because there is nothing to prove that the mind is not its own entity. Rather, the Cartesian Dualism view is a possible alternative as the mind is dependent on the body and vice versa. Paul Churchland raises several arguments against dualism and in order to evaluate his objections, it is crucial to understand the concepts of substance dualism as well as its opposite, materialism, and how they differ from one another.…

Inhibitory control can be defined as the ability to suppress unwanted or inappropriate actions and thought processes which are not suited to present events (Rothbart & Posner, 1985). Often researchers study inhibitory control using task switching experiments requiring cognitive control in order to provide correct responses, outcomes usually include total error rates and reaction times. Inhibitory control deficits have been found in some clinical populations for example schizophrenia and…

Acoustic Neuroma and Optic Nerve Glioma The brain is a superhighway of complex and intricate systems that control every function of the human body, but what if something goes wrong? These are the cases of two interesting problems; Optic Nerve Gliomas and Acoustic Neuromas. Two forms of brain tumors that directly affect some of the body's most important functions sight, hearing, and balance. These tumors can affect the body beyond those in many adverse ways. Acoustic Neuromas, or AN’s for the…

Should the legal drinking age of 18 years in Queensland be raised to 21? That is the question being asked. It would be hard to argue that point, especially when in the eyes of the law once a young person turns 18 years old you are legally an adult. At 18 you have the legal right to vote, get married, have sex, buy smokes and even go war and die at war. Originally the drinking age was 21 years old, but this was changed during the Vietnam War, claiming if an 18-year-old person can be conscripted…

as walking, running, and jumping. Fine motor skills such as writing, manipulating small items, and detailed hand work are developed through nerve connections as well. Play during the teen years and into adulthood helps the brain develop in the frontal lobe which is the center for planning and making good decisions which are crucial in adulthood.…

theory for the cause of ADHD is carried to children and adults through affected family members. Three to five percent of children are affected with ADHD. There is no known cause for ADHD so scientist suggest in affected children, there is a smaller frontal lobe, temporal grey matter, caudate nucleus and cerebellum. These portions of the brain control concentration and the body’s activity. In a child that has ADHD, there is a chemical imbalance in certain neurotransmitters, the chemical that…

Virchow-Robin (VR) spaces or perivascular spaces of the brain refer to spaces that accompany the cerebral vessels as they pass from subarachnoid space into the brain parenchyma. A few evident perivascular spaces can be considered normal at any age but many visible perivascular spaces are not. The relevance of visible perivascular spaces to SVD is shown by their presence in increased numbers in patients with white matter hyper-intensities and with symptomatic lacunar ischemic stroke. The…

as Frances E. Jensen, a Harvard neurology professor, and David K. Urion, an associate professor of neurology, stated, only 80 percent of the adolescent brain is developed. The part of the brain that is responsible for cognitive processes, the frontal lobe, is not connected at this age. This opens the doorway that allows teenagers to make insensible decisions. Therefore, the impulsive actions that teenagers make prove that their brain is still developing. Along with not being fully developed…