Neuroscience

Sonogenetics is the use of ultrasonic soundwaves to control neurons to activate or deactivate cells. This can also be done through electrical currents or light (optogenetics). But, the issue with optogenetics, according to the website ZME Science’s article Ultrasounds used to control neurons in a worm's brain by Tibi Puiu is that light is unable to go through the body like sound can. Neuroscientists need a way to activate singular neurons reliably, specifically ones in deep inside the brain.…

“3...2...1...ACTION!,” the camera began to roll. My friends rushed the “stage”, as I meanwhile tried my best to blend in with the shadows of the abandoned attic. I despised acting, because of my shyness. My friends and I would surpass ordinary levels of imagination movies we would create in our attic. Normally, I would be successful in hiding. However, this time proved otherwise. Right in the middle of my rejoicing over my success, my friend, the director, spotted me. “Oh shoot..”, I murmured.…

I enthusiastically seek to further my interest in neuroscience through the Biological Basis of Behavior (BBB) program at the University of Pennsylvania’s College of Arts and Sciences, which has the diverse faculty, resources, and research to strongly support this interdisciplinary major. My passion for neuroscience stemmed first from an independent-study research project centered on bioethics, in which I studied brain imaging and the utilization of functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging…

THBT the media puts too much pressure on young women In today’s society, the idea of self-perfection is one that arises as the answer to many of our current problems, specifically those of our younger demographic. The irresponsible and unethical actions performed and displayed by this group are often linked to the supposed negativity that the media of today publicizes. However, when clearly analyzed, these so-called “destructive messages” are simply a product of our biased perceptions within…

Emotional Attentional Blink and Emotion Induced Blindness When talking to a layman about an emotion induced blindness (EIB), one would try to explain it as not being able to see an item because of a distraction caused due to emotional effects. For example – when a driver might not be able to see a scooter coming from the front because of an accident that had happened in front of him as well. So this accident is the negative distractor to the target scooter which must be attended in order to…

Through reading articles, and having. Class discussions, we learned about two types of development in young children. Of of the topic we learned about wasa child’s cognitive development. Cognitive Development is defined as a field of study that focuses on a child’s development when it relates to processing information, learning language, perception, conception, and any other aspects of the brain At birth, the brain is the only organ not fully developed. This is because the brain develops as the…

3. Literature Review: In our paper we used three ways to get the leaf classification, one that was Random Forest, the other being Naïve Bayes and the third being Keras which is also known as Neural Networks. There have been many other cases like ours that have used Random Forest. Nantian Huang, Guobo Lu and Dianguo Xu have been one of the many who have used Random Forest and succeeded. In their paper, “A permutation importance based feature selection method for short term electricity load…

Love Ones will Past But New Ones Will Come Everyone has good days, and sometimes even bad days. Its normal. Its Life. One thing to help you get through lifeś good days and bad days, is having a dog. My dog Partos is loving and sweet, never growls, is respectful, never bites anyone, stands up for his family, and always listens. But, I still keep thinking about what would happen if my dog Partos died. How would my family react? The day is coming closer and closer, sadness is coming faster.…

ere is plenty of evidence from researchers that indicates that psychological and biological factors are the primary cause of eating disorders. Biologically, certain genes may make a person vulnerable to eating disorders. One of the main points biologically is the hypothalamus which regulates functions such as eating. I believe that media also plays a significant role in negative body image that eventually leads to eating disorders. I do understand that biologically and psychologically people can…

The Giver is stresses the importance of human memories. Above all, our ability to recall from the past is significant and plays a major part in how we get along in everyday life. Decision making, taking tests, and using common sense are all examples of how memory helps us. The decisions we make impact our past, present and future. The Giver takes place in what seems to be utopia or a paradise. Life is good and people are happy. Everyone plays games and is polite to each other. But something is…