Frontal lobe

cerebrum, the largest part of the brain, is where the short term memory is stored. It is not stored all in one place. It is stored among the four lobes of the brain: the frontal, parietal, occipital, and temporal lobe. These lobes all have different functions and jobs. Depending on what type of short term memory it is, it will have gone to one of these four lobes. Long term…

Underage Drinking In today’s society, drinking has become the thing to do among many high school and college students. Most of these students are just looking for a way to fit in or become part of a group, but they do not realize all of the negative effects that drinking can have on them and the terrible things that can happen while under the influence of alcohol. It was found that by the end of high school, more than 75% of youths have consumed alcohol, and each year underage drinking results…

Huntington’s disease (HD) is one of many neurological conditions that exist and is prevalent in about 7 people per 100,000 (Lundy-Ekman, 2013, p. 245). It is more commonly seen areas of a predominantly white population, such as Europe, North America, as well as Australia, due to a higher frequency of certain alleles that are repeated in these populations (Walker, 2007, p. 221). This disease is classified as a neurodegenerative disorder, which is a term that is used to describe CNS…

2007). The areas of the brain thought to make up the MNS are up for debate, but the areas supported by the current research are the inferior frontal gyrus pars opercularis in the prefrontal cortex, the ventral pre-motor cortex, the inferior parietal lobe, and the superior temporal sulcus between the superior and middle temporal gyri. The inferior frontal gyrus is thought to be involeved in inhibition of action and risk aversion (Archibald, 2006). The ventral premotor cortex is part of the…

The human nervous system is our electrical wiring of the body that transmits signals between different parts of the body. It has two components; the central nervous system and the peripheral nervous system. The nervous system is an intricate part of your body and life that 's made up of two separate systems, the brain, and spinal cord. During prenatal growth, the nervous system experiences many changes to gain its compound structure. The events of this early development include the…

resulting in the hallmark features of Alzheimer’s disease (McCance & Huether, 2014). These plaques and tangles begin in the entorhinal cortex, and exhibit some of the initial signs of Alzheimer’s disease. The entorhinal cortex is part of the temporal lobe and is involved in memory and the connection of…

The limbic system, which involves the frontal lobe, deals with memory and emotion. Parts of the limbic system include the amygdala and the cingulate. The amygdala contains key brain nuclei for processing fear and stimulating the appropriate response to fear. The cingulate allows people to shift…

able to infect individuals through entering the navel passages, from here they attach to the nasal mucosa, which allows the amoeba to travel through cribriform plate using the olfactory nerves, resulting in access to the frontal lobe. The result of which is a sudden onset of bi-frontal or…

Schizophrenia as Depicted in The Fisher King The Fisher King enlists the viewer on a journey accompanying two men, Parry and Jack, as they attempt to alleviate the mental burdens life has thrust upon them. While the movie depicts many characters battling their own personal demons, this paper focuses on Parry and his story as he navigates a life with schizophrenia. The movie begins with Jack Lucas, a successful and influential shock jock that inadvertently pushes a violently disturbed listener…

As the name suggests, Wernicke’s aphasia is caused by damage to Wernicke’s area, located near the back of the temporal lobe on the left side of the brain. Being a fluent aphasia, individuals with Wernicke’s aphasia have fluent and connected speech but may have some difficulty with word retrieval. Severely impaired auditory comprehension is the defining symptom of Wernicke’s…