Insular cortex

The hippocampus is belongs to the limbic system and it is located in the medial temporal lobe of the brain (Squire & Zola-Morgan, 1991). It has the function of regulating the emotions of individual and also plays an important role in spatial navigation. Besides that, hippocampus plays an important role in the storage of both explicit and declarative memories. Therefore, it is being described as the conscious recall of facts and events (Eichenbaum, 1999; Maguire, Burgess & O’Keefe, 1999; Squire,…

The Localization of Brain Functions There are so many experiments to prove the theory of the brain, localization of brain functions.The main term that is about the theory is lateralization. Lateralization can be described as that localization of brain functions on the different parts of brain. Basicly, brain has two hemisphere, left and right. According to this, left hemisphere controls right side of the body, right hemisphere controls left side of the body. Both hemisphere have also some…

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…

According to Dr.Gottfried Schlaug, associate professor of neurology and director of the Music and Neuroimaging Laboratory at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, “Neuroplasticity is the term for the brain’s ability to pave new pathways around damaged areas,”(Mossie). Due to this incredible ability that the brain has, Congresswoman Gabby Giffords relearned to talk within ten months of having a bullet wound to the head. Giffords suffered from aphasia- the inability to…

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…

arterioles is impaired. It can be easily distinguished by white matter lesions (WML) and lacunar infarcts. The Schaefer research aims to identify the changes in functional connectivity for SVD. Changes in functional connectivity in posterior cingulate cortex (PCC) and in the DMN are mentioned in the previous research. Schaefer 's study focuses mainly on the frontoparietal networks and their altering connectivity. The research involved 12 participants whose rs-fMRI, T1- and T2- weighted…

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…

Crib Tunes May Have Made You Smarter Music is an integral part of culture, economy, society, and, not surprisingly, our development. Different musical notes condition their brains to different sounds in the environment. Furthermore, musical complexities may subconsciously work their way into the calculating capacity of the child’s cognition and inspire toward a higher level of thinking at a younger age, ultimately influencing the behavior of the adult brain. Studies that try to delineate…

Go ahead and try it. Prick your finger on a pin. Kick a chair leg. Lightly, please - touch a hot stove. Barring an extremely rare disease, you will definitely feel something. Something strange and terrible; or, at least, that is what your brain tells you. You won’t want to touch that pin again; or you will be more careful when passing through the dining room; or you will remember the next time you cook to keep some distance from hot metal - all because your brain has told you to refrain in such…

Researching the correlation amongst brain anatomy and physiology is a primary pursuit of neuroscience. Simplistic in its composition the brain is astoundingly the most complicated machine known to man. This mass of protein and fat in addition to being responsible for maintaining homeostasis also encompasses attributes that not only make us unique, creative, empathetic, moreover human. Overview of structure & function The brain of humans is primarily composed of two general classes of…