Parietal lobe

The purpose of this study was to support the dominant view that the visual system is functionally and anatomically dichotomized according to dissociations between the ventral- and dorsal-streams. To illustrate this hypothesis, James, Culham, Humphrey, Milner, & Goodale (2003) examined the case study of patient D.F., who “suffered severe bilateral damage to her occipitotemporal visual system […], while retaining the use of her occipitoparietal visual system” (James, Culham, Humphrey, Milner, &…

resulted in a “iron rod— weighing 131/ 4 pounds and stretching 31/ 2 feet from its pointed tip to its flat base 11/ 4 inches in diameter” being driven through his skull (Carroll et al. 143). His accident and location of his injury “ the left frontal lobe” led his doctor to recognize that different areas of the brain where responsible for different functions and that head injuries can indeed lead to personality changes. Gage’s injury had no effect of his memory, speech, or intelligence, but it…

behavior would be a result of environmental stimuli, such as a previous experience in line at the restaurant. However, through the biological perspective, this behavior would be attributed to possibly the occipital lobe processing the visual of a waiting line, and then the frontal lobe deciding to conform to the rules and wait in said…

methods work in discerning whether a memory is true or false. However their finding supports that sensory activity is stronger in true memories then in false ones, this is further supported in a past study where it was showed that the medial temporal lobe seems to be involved in false memory formation, and regions within the prefrontal cortex seems to be involved in memory processes resulting in the reduction of false memories (Schacter & Slotnik, 2004; Bernstein & Loftus (2009). The…

Autism Autism spectrum disorder refers to a broad spectrum of neurodevelopmental disorders characterized by impairments in social interaction and communication that begin at a young age, which commonly exhibits repetitive behaviors and restricted interests (Xiao et al., 2014). This pervasive developmental disorder is more prevalent in males than in females and has recently gained more attention because of its rapid increase in prevalence (Xiao et al., 2014). Today, it is estimated that 69.5 per…

Her seizures originate in her left temporal lobe. Almost every day, she experiences impairments in her language functioning. Most of the time when we talk, my mom will have difficulty finding words to use. Over the weekend, my dad hosted a party at our house. My mom becomes so self-conscious and…

Before the Supreme Court decision in 2005 to the ban the death penalty of juvenile offenders, 22 criminals were executed while under the age of eighteen. So, when given the topic of crime and punishment I was unsure of what I wanted to do with it, but after research on things similar to the first sentence I knew I wanted to do something with adolescence. After more in-depth research I decided on focusing on altering the severity of punishment. Consequently, the United States court system should…

The Teen Brain: Risk Taking The teen years are some of the hardest years in the span of a lifetime. Especially when certain brain functions cannot work because of daily struggles. However, the teen brain does exactly what it is wired to do. The teen brain is wired to take risk, make bad decisions, and be overly emotional. Anatomy The reason behind teens taking risk is the anatomy of the brain. Many of the important parts of this organ are not fully developed until the mid 20’s. The corpus…

INTRODUCTION A psychopath individual is known to act very impulsively, with disregard for others emotions, and against common social norms.5 Psychopathy is a mental health disorder that causes patients to exhibit lack of compassion and concern for others.2 Although there is a lot of information available to the public about how a psychopath acts, there is not much research done on why certain individuals exhibit psychopathic behaviors. Psychopaths exhibit certain characteristics and the…

The Temporal Lobe, located below the lateral fissure, is responsible for sound perception, identification of objects, and comprehension of words. Similar to the process of visual perception, both the right and the left ear send signals to both hemispheres of the temporal lobe. Therefore, damage done to either the right or the left side of the temporal lobe will affect hearing in both ears. Besides sound perception, the temporal lobe collaborates with the occipital lobe to identify objects we see…