Insular cortex

When it comes to any type of tobacco usage there are only two sides, the users and the non-users. As a former chewer I have a hard time seeing the side effects of chewing tobacco because nothing bad ever happened to me besides some slight yellowing of the teeth. However there are many studies that point to “chew” not only being a nasty habit, but having some life threatening risks that come along with it. In this informational study we’ll be looking at several professional studies I have found…

Especially in the PET test conducted by Reinders and colleagues (2003, 2006) revealed that having an ‘emotional’ dissociative identity in oneself increases cerebral blood flow in many areas of the brain, including amygdala, insular cortex, somatosentory areas in the parietal cortex, the basal ganglia,…

Week Eight: Psychodynamic psychotherapy in the 21st century: Antique or shabby relic? Psychoanalysis has been around for over a hundred years old, and it still being use in today society when helping clients with their issues. Meyer, Moore and Viljoan (1989) gave us a detailed introduction to Freud’s psychoanalytic theory. Even though some parts of the theory are no longer accepted by psychologists anymore, it is still important for us to have a deep understanding of it. This is because most…

Approximately 40 million American’s have a fear or anxiety disorder. The most popular types of disorders people have include generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, phobias, social anxiety disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder. Anxiety disorders can cause such distress that it interferes with your ability to lead a normal life. Anxiety disorders are among the most common mental illnesses in America. Over 21% of adults, which is 42.5 million, are…

information processing in 1982 from the Max Planck Institute in Tübingen, Germany. Koch believes that the Claustrum is the key to human consciousness. The Claustrum sends fibers throughout the Cerebral Cortex in the brain. It consists of a small layer of neurons that lies below the insular lobe. However, no one knows for certain what the function of the Claustrum is. If you remove it, what will happen? Nobody knows. However, while Koch was researching the Claustrum, he discovered a giant…

the medial prefrontal and anterior cingulate cortices (Cozolino, 2014). This directly affects emotional conflict regulation and can potentiate the impulsive behaviors that correlate with BPD symptomology. Other neural networks affected include the insular and cingular cortexes that can affect how intensely people feel emotions (Etkin, Egner, Kalisch ,2011). The mood instability seen in BPD often leads to depression in where neurotransmitter systems are dis-regulated affecting the output of…

difference in insular activity: fMRI scans showed an active posterior insula when the participant was sexually stimulated, contrasted with active anterior insula when the participant was romantically stimulated. The study concludes this finding indicates a neurological basis for the idea that love is a more abstract representation on the more sensorimotor lower-order motivation of desire. However there is also a shared brain network (the striatum, thalamus, hippocampus, anterior cingulate…

"Sticks and stones may break our bones, but words will break our hearts" (Fulghum). People were not paying attention to the psychological abuse as much as the physical abuse on children nowadays; yet, those verbal abuse, emotional abuse and neglect could also affect children as bad as physical abuse. Psychological abuse and physical abuse would have different punishments for the perpetrators, different chances of happening and different effects on the victims. First of all, psychological…

The Hook-up Culture: Who Should be Responsible? More and more people are participating in a culture where casual sex is welcomed and highly encouraged. This culture has actually been around for quite some time but has become increasingly popular among individuals in today’s society. The hook-up culture has become popular considering it encourages physical pleasure without the stress of emotional commitment. Even with the increase in popularity, people still do not feel the hook-up culture is…

There is no arguing that the prevalence of television shows, social media applications for smart phones, and video games are taking over much of the time people spend daily. There always seems to be the next bigger and better thing. This leaves people with a desire to obtain these things to be a part of what everyone else is doing. Society has painted a picture of “exclusiveness” when you have the latest smart phones, social media applications, televisions, or video games. If we all hunger for…