Frontal lobe

cortex (vmPFC), bilateral midcingulate cortex (MCC) and right superior parietal lobe. An increase in functional connectivity was visualized in bilateral cerebellar regions I to VI. Further a correlation of WML score and Eigen value centrality map informed a decrease in connectivity in bilateral vmPFC, PCC, left supplementary motor area (SMA,) and right SPL. The results clearly explain that the WML present in the frontal and parietal areas of the participants provides verification that…

science is today, doctors and scientist still have many questions about the human brain, only having limited answers. “The brain made up of specialized functions that work together, and it is then divided into several lobes. All which have an important role”. (Webmd) The parietal lobes, manage sensations, and body movements like our…

For my paper, I opted to do observations of children in the KUYC as well as interviewing a mother on her children, one during their adolescent years and another in the middle childhood stage (The mother’s children are both past these stages, but we conducting the interview and the questions were answered in the frame of the son being 10 years old and the daughter 15 years old to see different aspects of their development.) These interviews showed me a number of developmental characteristics that…

Dementia affects an estimated 3.8 million people around the world. It is most common in the ages of sixty five-years and older. It is also the sixth leading cause of death in people of the United States, and the fifth leading cause in people over the age of sixty-five. Dementia can start early, and be a very slow process that is evident throughout the rest of the patient’s lives. There are currently no cures for dementia, but there are treatments to help some of the symptoms that go along…

Differences between our own findings and the results obtained in 2014 by Chuang et al. (frontal lobes vs parietal lobes) most probably result from using different cognitive tasks in the MRI scanner (SCWT vs the Flanker Task). It is significant, however, that the results obtained with the magnetic resonance correspond to the results of the neuropsychological examination. The asymmetry of inhibitory processes (which are needed for correct executive control) is reflected in poor performance in…

In the history of psychology, Phineas Gage is the one of the patients who became famous patients in neuroscience. From being injured traumatically in the brain with an iron rod that was driven through his entire skull, it destroyed his frontal lobe. Miraculously, Phineas Gage survived the accident but there was a change in him that everyone stated him as a “different man”. On September 13, 1848, 25-year-old Phineas was working as the supervisor with a group of men preparing a railroad bed near…

One of the first studies that looked at the effects of gaming on the dopaminergic pathway was a study by Koepp and colleagues (1998) that took positron emission topography (PET) scans of eight male participants while they were playing a video game. The authors found that there were greater dopamine increases in the ventral striatum (where the NAc is located) in the experimental condition (playing the video game) than in the control condition (looking at an empty screen). Furthermore, while…

I began my Friday by going to Judge Kaddo to see the new asbestos case. Before that, I did go by Judge Lippitt’s court room. Judge Lippitt had told me to come back to observe the motions in limine of the case. Judge Kaddo’s trial was just starting, but it looked like he had to call downtown if he could proceed. Judge Kaddo started reading the preliminary instructions to the Jurors. I looked at the jury because I was here the first day they brought the first batch in and wanted to see if I…

Your driving your new car down the streets with pride of how your father gave it to you as a present on your birthday. Unless somebody else behind you driving too. Is trying to multitask by texting and driving. And BOOM your new car is damaged by an idiot who tried to be a multitasker. What is multitasking? When I hear the word multitasking I think about how we ourselves do something by adding one or more things into a task. A good example is of us teenagers listening to music while doing…

were breaking and entering and robbery. Dick Hickock’s actions are a result of a mental condition he suffers from called acquired sociopathy. Years prior to the crime under question, Dick was involved in a horrible car accident that damaged his frontal cortex, causing a drastic change to his psychological well-being. In a psychological evaluation of Dick…