Neurocognitive

On March 20, 2017 I visited Alzheimer’s & Dementia Services of Memphis, Inc. located at 3185 Hickory Hill Road; Memphis, TN 38115. This facility was established in 1983 and is a local, non-profit organization. It functions as a day care service providing therapeutic group activities in an effort to maintain a level of functioning for persons with dementia. During my visit, I was able to observe several clients throughout the day during meal times and group activities. There was one client…

dreamer, and latent content, which is what the dream symbolizes to the dreamer. In contrast, the activation-synthesis theory indicates that dreams are meaningless, and occur through changes in neuron activity that activates the brainstem. Last, the neurocognitive theory of dreams suggests that dreams are a meaningful outcome of our cognitive capacities, which form the dreams we have. Though these scientists have logical explanations, the true reason has never been found, because of the lack of…

injuries or those who have had strokes, tumors, toxic or metabolic disorders or neurodegenerative diseases. Typical responsibilities of a neuropsychologist are assessing and assisting those recovering from strokes, administering brain scans and other neurocognitive tests, consulting with pharmaceutical companies…

cognitive function, the severity of a concussion is not readily observable to a medical professional attempting to evaluate a player. One popular method to better evaluate a player’s mental function is to have them take a test which measures their neurocognitive abilities, such as memory retention and information processing speed, previous to play in order to establish a standard baseline of performance. When the athlete sustains an injury and is suspected to be concussed, he or she must…

like all aspects of participation. “Participants who were less accurate tended to follow fewer rules and use less time and fewer strategies. More complex tasks may recruit more frontal lobe resources, challenging the validity of single-construct neurocognitive tests.” Another con is the fact that the scoring system does not take into account that EF changes with age, during adolescence, “is a period of neurodiversity, during which development of EF may follow variable developmental…

One current psychological phenomenon in my life is schizophrenia. My cousin has recently displayed the beginning stages of schizophrenia, although he has not yet been clinically diagnosed with the disorder. Schizophrenia has many commons symptoms including ones such as hallucinations, hearing voices, and confused thinking. The disorder is mainly believed to cause changes in the way people think, as well as emotional and behavioral changes. Although my cousin’s sense of reasoning logically is…

Studies from Folkard and Lombardi found that working more than eights can cause “declines in neurocognitive performance lead to higher rates of fatigue-related injury and worker errors. Certain work scheduling patterns are associated with higher risks for errors and incidents (Folkard & Lombardi). Researchers Folkard and Lombardi say that scheduling…

all athletes were healthy and free from injury. The concussion testing the groups of the each test to see what effect does the impact cause in the brain function. The trial started with the Symptom Assessment Scale (SAS), then break into the neurocognitive assessment for a concussion. During the self-reported symptomatic (SRS) timeline after injury, the athlete's symptoms were monitored and recorded daily. To begin to…

Alcohol can affect your body and education at any age. Alcohol can give you many diseases. It can also effect your body and education badly. High schooler’s shouldn’t be able drink alcohol. HIgh schooler should be able to drinks alcohol because it doesn't effect them. Studies show that ¨the effects of teen drinking on years of education and schooling completion are very small and/or non-significant (Balsa). Drinking can actually affect your education because it can lead to missing deadline…

“Schizophrenia is a disabling disease in which those affected experience altered thoughts, perceptions, emotions, and behaviors” (Tsuang, Glatt, & Faraone, 2011, p. 27). Schizophrenia is estimated to be prevalent in at least 42 times in 19 countries (Tsuang et al., 2011). Continuing throughout an patients life span, schizophrenia is diagnosed in early adulthood and affects about 26 million people around the world (Nowak, Sabariego, Świtaj, & Anczewska, 2016). Not only does patients experience…