Occipital lobe

What is the central nervous system? It’s a system which consists of the nerves in the brain and spinal cord. It gathers information about and reacts to internal and external stimulus. Don’t Shoot the Messenger Much of the CNS is made up of neurons. Each neuron has a cell body, which includes a soma with a nucleus, a nucleolus, a cytoplasm called the perikaryon, and wide branching extensions called dendrites. Dendrites are like antennae which receive signals from other neurons or body cells.…

The Brain Network of Serial Killers and Psychopaths A Serial Murder Symposium was held where all the attendees discussed and agreed that there was no generic profile of a serial murderer. How a serial killer commits a crime depends on a lot of different aspects including motivation, his behaviour, how he was raised and what circumstances he had faced in childhood. How are they identified and arrested? A police officer should be trained, how exactly to decipher one from another? The Behavioural…

Perception is the process of recognizing and interpreting sensory stimuli, from our sense organs: eyes, ears, skin, nose, and tongue. Our vision comes from our sense organ, our eyes and travels to the part of the brain that processes vision, the occipital lobe. From there what we see is a perception of what we are getting from our sense organ. Our perception of color in particular is shaped by the culture that we live in and biologically through the rods and cones in our eyes (How vision works,…

divided into two symmetrical hemispheres: left (language, the ‘rational’ half of the brain, associated with analytical thinking and logical abilities) and right (more involved with musical and artistic abilities). The brain is also divided into four lobes: o Frontal – (motor cortex) motor behavior, expressive language, higher level cognitive processes, and orientation to person, place, time, and situation o…

bright light, known as a slit lamp, to examine the retina and establish if there are signs of abnormal development. Additionally, electro diagnostic testing may be performed to aid in the diagnosis by evaluating the connections of the eyes to the occipital lobe, a section of the brain involved with vision. Altogether, diagnosis for albinism is chiefly comprised of a testing for skin pigmentation, as well as an in-depth exam of the…

The limbic system, which involves the frontal lobe, deals with memory and emotion. Parts of the limbic system include the amygdala and the cingulate. The amygdala contains key brain nuclei for processing fear and stimulating the appropriate response to fear. The cingulate allows people to shift…

Computed tomography (CT) scanning technology was discovered in 1972 and revolutionized the world of neuroimaging (Sadock, Sadock, & Ruiz, 2014). The CT scan was the first technique to allow the imaging of brain tissue in living patients (Sadock, Sadock, & Ruiz, 2014). During a CT scan, a patient lies on a flat surface, which incrementally moves through what is referred to as a gantry (Sadock, Sadock, & Ruiz, 2014). A gantry is a round shaped structure that contains a motorized x-ray source…

Important Vocabulary (highlighted in the handout): Stimulus, neurons, dendrites, neurotransmitters, axon, myelin, action potential, graded potential, transmembrane potential, neuroglia, cerebrum, spinal cord What is the central nervous system? It’s a system which consists of the nerves in the brain and spinal cord. This system only makes up about 3% of a human’s body weight but serves a vital function, gathering information about and reacting to its environment and any stimulus. Don’t Shoot the…

everything that I have been studying in this class, so let as relax and enjoy a wonderful journey into the human brain and how we learn. The brain is an amassing organ that stores information. The brain is composed of the Cerebrum, Frontal Lobe, Parietal lobe, Occipital Lobe, cerebellum of with all are connected with neurons and glial. The Brain is built in such a way that it has to communicate with the other parts of the brain in order to properly function. So with the support of neurons and…

The Paragon of Rushed, Nonsensical Collegiate Essays and Research Reports I believe that I believe that I believe that this essay is the worst ever created. This sentence is pure filler, included solely to expand the length of this abomination of a "paper" to the minimum required length. (Hopefully, you didn 't notice that. Or, for that matter, this entire parenthetical.) For starters, Thomas Edison never invented the filament, but he simply made it famous. He was a great influence, like Louis…