Limbic system

It’s hard not to see that Will has had an extremely difficult life. Will was not only the victim of child abuse from his father but was also faced abuse in the multiple foster homes he lived in. Research has shown that children who experience child abuse are six times as likely to experience post traumatic stress disorder (Lamont, 2016). The chances of Will developing post traumatic stress disorder seems high and it is made even more likely because Will not only experience physical abuse from…

Music education has been widely considered as dispensable for some time, making music programs the target of numerous budget cuts and possible complete removal from schools. Despite the large debate over the inclusion of music education in schools, research has found that musical training can improve various cognitive processes and skills, such as the development of language, reasoning, pattern recognition, and memory. Along with musical perception, musical cognition is actively constructed by…

During the evaluation of four articles that focus on self-regulation, anxiety, and fear effecting consciousness and moral responsibility, the different author’s present their arguments and views on how these emotional capacities and the ability to obtain self-regulation affect the decision making of an agent and whether or not they should be held fully morally responsible for their actions and decisions. In this paper, I will be explicating three different views on the capacities of…

The memory works in a process of three stages- encoding, storage and retrieval. This enables humans to learn new material, store the material and then retrieve and extract it at a later date when necessary (Eysenck & Keane, 2010). However, many psychologists have researched the effect of emotion on these stages of memory processing. Many have been interested in the idea of emotion affecting the ability to accurately retrieve past events due to many alternating factors. Some argue that matching…

“Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem”- William of Ockham. Occam’s razor; A principle in latin which translates to “No more things should be presumed to exist than are absolutely necessary” (90). In the novel ‘The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-time’ by Mark Haddon, the main character named Christopher Boone is a high functioning mathematical savant. It is stated in the back of the book that he “has no understanding of human emotions.” This is false. Christopher has the…

There is also a strong possibility that psychopathy is related to genetics, being passed from parent to child. A strong connection between childhood trauma to the frontal lobes or the region that allows human emotion and abuse exists between psychopaths as well. Psychopathic brains have a reduction of gray matter, fewer neurons, and increased white matter in the frontal lobes which causes more connections between the neurons- cells that transmit nerve impulses; it also is consistent with a…

At a glance, hypnosis is a fun way to see your friends do ridiculous things that they’d never do in their right mind. But there’s much more to hypnosis than making chicken noises and dancing in front of a crowd of people. By definition, hypnosis “is a trance-like state in which you have heightened focus and concentration” (Mayo). Hypnosis has been proven to be helpful in coping with anxiety or pain that one is experiencing. In this process called hypnotherapy, also known as medical hypnosis, a…

It is not a secret that yoga can reduce your stress, anxiety or simply improve you quality of life. But you may ask how is this actually possible? Yoga meditation has proven to alter parts of the brain just with even the bare minimum of sitting for 15 to 30 minutes per day. Meditation, which focuses on awareness of your breathing, sounds, and presence in the moment has effectively reduced stress levels, balanced perspectives, and guided in a positive difference of how one approaches life. In…

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is caused by Psychological Changes in the Brain People who have been in combat overseas and have been involved in a traumatic or life threatening event often come home with some form of PTSD. Most soldiers will lie and tell people they do not have PTSD that they are fine. For those people who fear the stigma of PTSD following them the rest of their career. Scientific research will show Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is caused by psychological changes in the brain…

“Go Away,” a teenage boy screams after getting in an argument with his parents. The teenage brain is constantly changing, resulting in the teenager to make rash decisions that adults don’t understand. Many adults and teenagers don’t realize how different their brains are and perceiving the differences may help improve the bond between parents and the teenager. The reliance on the back of the brain rather then the front, brain’s plasticity and the desire for the unknown are key components that…