Frontal lobe

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…

understands the inner mechanism of the brain and which part is responsible for which action. In The Road he points a gun at someone, who looks to be harmful, and explains that in order to hear the gunshot from the gun, if it was fired, he “will need a frontal lobe and things with names like colliculus and temporal…” (64). In order to know the names of the parts of the brain as well as knowing which part is responsible for which action, a person would have to study the brain and most people who…

Glioblastoma Gliomas account for more than 70% of all brain tumors, and of these, glioblastoma is the most frequent and malignant histologic type (Ohgaki and Kleihues, 2007). Despite scientific advances, the average life expectancy of patients is nearly 15 months with poor life quality (Field et al., 2015). There are few treatments available for newly diagnosed patients; the most common is surgical removal of the tumor followed by radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Based on multiple studies, there…

Moonwalking with Einstein: The art and Science of Remembering is a nonfiction book based on many cases of people with spectacular memories by Joshua Foer. The reader gets to learn about all of these cases where events or environment has caused someone to increase their memory or decrease their memory. I learned about all of these cases of incredible memory like Daniel or Kim Peek who inspired the 1988 academy award winning movie Rain Man. He was a savant who could not use logic or reasoning…

The court decided to charge Chris as an adult since it was second degree murder. Chris mother felt like he shouldn’t get charged as an adult because his frontal lobe isn’t completely developed. Chris already knew what he did was wrong but is saying it was all out of anger. Chris asked the judge would he be able to finish school in jail. SInce the judge seen he wanted to finish school she called the jury back…

Dance to Live or Live to Dance Ballroom dancers take the floor and always seem to have everything together, but what is going on under the surface? Sure, it is pretty or intense to watch, but what does it entail? Ballroom dancing, whether being of Latin, Standard, Smooth , or Rhythm style, requires an enormous amount of skill such as concentration, memory, precision, and yet, relaxation. Since dancing is so complex, there are several benefits resulting from all of this training, including a…

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 where sensory information is processed (Basic Structure and Function of the Nervous…

Donald Trump’s victory in the 2016 presidential election signals a victory for women. Yes, you read that correctly. Let me explain. It was December, right before winter break. Half of the class was fantasizing about skiing down Donner Slope. The other half? They’re literally skiing. My AP literature teacher had just handed back our essays, and was battling valiantly- but futilely- to get our attention. The class averaged somewhere between the second and third letter of the alphabet. I…

Fear is by far the most driving force behind the evolution of humanity and of all other species. Fear is the single strongest force behind humanity and its survival because fear is what stops people from doing something that could harm or kill them. Fear is the most powerful chemical reaction in the brain, requiring more chemicals and less time to register then thoughts or memories and lasting much longer. Fear affects everyone in some way, and some much more cripplingly then others. Fear has…

five times the rate than that of older drivers. The leading cause of teen deaths is car accidents. In fact, about ten Canadian teens die everyday due to these accidents. Teenagers tend to overreact and make interesting decisions. Why is that? The frontal lobes of the brain are not easily accessible for a teenager and when an important part of your brain is not fast-working, you may…