Frontal lobe

What’s My Age Again: The song What’s my Age Again discusses the growing responsibilities of adolescents and young adults. This song in particular takes place in artist’s Emerging Adulthood, a newer period of time utilized to adjust to adulthood. He feels obligated to new responsibilities because of his social clock, the pressure to perform a task when it is socially acceptable in this case the task of growing up; as a result he uses defense mechanisms including repression, the pushing of…

settings support mental limit when a (TBI) happens. A couple structures shape the cerebrum, which accept a key part in two or three mental perimeter points. Four structures or overlays that bundle the cerebral cortex and particular limit points are the frontal projection, the parietal fold, the transient projection, and the occipital fold. The occipital…

What exactly is something that would be considered as a “brain rule”? These rules include things, which scientists know for certain about how the human brain operates. The human brain is a fundamental, physical system that requires sleep, exercise and proper nutrition in order to function optimally. The body and the mind aren’t separate things; the human brain is a physical system which has needs that are physical. John Medina goes into detail in his book, “Brain Rules” about how an individual…

So, what makes someone be considered an adult when they grow up? When they’re 18, 25 or when they’re above 18, but they’re fully mature before the age of 25. So why do people say the age should be 18, even though there are many 18 year olds who are considered an “adult” but still don’t make the right decisions for themselves and can’t even take care of themselves? Same goes for 25, why should that age be considered an adult? Well the most reasonable answer to determine adulthood is when they’re…

“Functional MRI-based lie detection: Scientific and societal challenges” is an article written by Martha J. Farah, J. Benjamin Hutchinson, Elizabeth A. Phelps and Anthony D. Wagner in the journal Nature Reviews Neuroscience. This article is about how Functional MRI (fMRI) are started to be studied for use in lie detection in at least trials in the United States. The authors of this article address five main themes: the science of fMRI-based lie detection, how these studies apply to the real…

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 frontal…

The executive functions involve various neurocognitive skills such as cognitive flexibility, working memory, inhibition control, reasoning, and planning (Carlson et al, 2003). It is a hierarchical model which governs the control and coordination of information processing. The executive functions emerge from infancy and develop swiftly during the preschool years. Dynamic brain changes within the prefrontal cortex (PFC) are consequently closely associated with the development. Throughout the essay…

DYSARTHRIA WHAT IS DYSARTHRIA? Speech production is a complex process involving the co-ordinated contraction of a large number of muscles controlled by the nerve impulses originating in the motor areas of cerebral cortex. The organs that are involved in speech production are the lips, the tongue, the vocal folds and the diaphragm. When these organs don’t function efficiently, the speech tends to be unclear. One such condition which results owing to the malfunctioning of the speech organs is…

neurons in humans on a single cell basis throughout hand-grasping and facial emotional expression tasks. Evidence of individual neurons that respond both to the execution of a task as well as the observation of a task is most strong in the medial frontal cortex, as well as the medial temporal cortex. This research also observed an interesting excitation and inhibition pattern at the individual cell level that they propose may act as a mechanism for maintaining a self-other distinction during…

When brainstorming for my valediction I had many ideas such as a overly cheesy thank you, a super salty rant or even to just fill it with star wars quotes. But inspiration came to me before prom when I went to Dylan's candy bar and got a ginormous Jawbreaker. Over the last few days, I have been mindlessly licking and sucking on this Jawbreaker. Sometimes when you throw yourself at something over and over again things might go wrong. For example after battling this jawbreaker the last few days my…