Hippocampus

C4- Psychological Maltreatment Psychological maltreatment transpires when there is damage to a child’s behavioral, cognitive, emotional or physical functioning. It can be caused by a parent, or any other caregiver. Parents and caregivers’ behaviors and the way they treat their children can cause psychological maltreatment. These behaviors can manifest in many forms including embarrassment, putting them down, making your child feel like a they are not good enough, or that they are a…

While you read this essay many things are occurring in your brain. Overall it is important to note that the occipital cortex is continually working and is a huge part of this process. What is is doing is picking apart and analyzing the visual information you are coming across. Every character which you learned as child every word you learned in school is being processed in this area.The frontal lobe is also at work. It is what makes reading meaningful. You know what I mean by this sentence…

begin when the synapses are disrupted. Plaque forms between nerve cells and blocks communication. Neurons in the brain cannot connect and synapses disappear. Not only does Alzheimer’s disease affect the synapses in the brain, it also attacks the hippocampus, which is the main component of memory, and new memories cannot form. 2.) The genes that may be involved in early-onset Alzheimer's disease are chromosome 21 and APP. APP is the gene for the protein on chromosome 21, which is the same for…

Slept debt is the sleep lost building up overtime. In the case of Tina, she sleeps for three to four hours when she should be getting at least seven and a half hours of sleep. Due to this, it is causing sleep debt and will cause her to have mental and physical problems. REM rebound is when someone returns to the REM sleep more quickly and stays there often due to sleep deprivation. In the case of Tina, she is more likely to fall quickly in the REM sleep because she is sleep deprived. The five…

The Biological Perspective is associated with the genetic and physiological component of psychology. In this case, this perspective would be used to determine Post Traumatic Stress Disorder genetic or physiological causes. This perspective’s relation to PTSD is not as direct and independent as the Behavioral and Sociocultural Perspectives. However, the are some factors, both physiologically and genetically, which have contributed to the diagnosis of PTSD. Since PTSD is a condition which requires…

Brain Development (Ages 2-6) Scientist and psychologist agree, that the first three years of life are critical in a child’s brain development, however it is now known that the first six years of a child’s life has a major impact of their mental health, and behaviors for the rest of their lives. Why is this you important might ask? From birth to six years of age, a child’s brain is rapidly developing and increasing in size and weight. By two years of age a child’s brain weighs seventy-five…

Post-traumatic stress disorder, known as PTSD, is a mental illness that is developed after seeing or experiencing a traumatic event. It was first introduced and recognized as a disorder in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. “In 1980, the American Psychiatric Association (APA) added PTSD to the third edition of its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-III) nosologic classification scheme (2) ( Friedman, M. J., MD, 2016)”. PTSD was a very…

Episodic memory is the process of recalling personally experienced past events. The efficiency of this process is adversely affected by age. In a sense, this may explain the level of emotional distress that the aged and their kin and all others feel at the onset of failing episodic memory Riding a bike, thinking of the trip you took when you were 10, and where to put the ice cream all have something in common(Dritschel & others, 2011; Wang, 2009).They are all are part of memory. Even though they…

Healthy Decision Persuasive Essay by Jasiah Lots of people know it’s best to exercise 5 days a week for about an hour each day, but many people would rather play Destiny or Skyrim than go outside and play a game like soccer or lacrosse. In the following paragraphs I will explain the pros and cons of getting at least 1 hour of exercise 5 days a week and how it can affect your lifestyle. An unexpected benefit of exercise is a reduced amount of stress. Another would be the fact that exercise…

out over school and over time develop a mental disorder. This would explain why mental issues seem to be so prominent in school-age kids. There are a few ways that chronic stress alters the brain. One of the changes happens in the hippocampus of the brain. The hippocampus regulates memories and emotions, but when exposed to chronic stress its stem cells mature into a glial cell called an oligodendrocyte which causes the stress to worsen. Stress even prohibits the production of stem cells to a…