Parietal lobe

were common to the three studies (Hunt, 2011, p.188). On the other hand, Professor Richard Haier reviewed studies and found a correlation between the volume of some brain areas and intelligence. Again, there was only one area, the left inferior parietal lobe, common to the 50% of the studies revised (Hunt, 2011,…

Sackeim et al., (1982) concluded an asymmetry of activity in the frontal lobe due to positive and negative emotions. In EEG, this is reflected as an asymmetric decrease of left frontal alpha power during positive emotion and decrease of right frontal power during negative emotion (Davidson et al., 1990; Tsang et al., 2001; Schmidt…

LANGUAGE AND THE BRAIN Introduction The brain is the most complex and important part of a human. It is a big hidden world. Thank to this vital organ, we can make sense of whole world. However, only a few information about the brain is known even though there are so many researches. When the brain is examined, it can be said that it has several parts which work for particular purposes. One of these purposes is about language. So, the brain is a topic of Linguistics because of its relationship…

the frontal and parietal cortices of the brain when they look at the board, which suggests that they are recalling information from long-term memory. Lower-ranked players are more likely to engage the medial temporal lobes, which suggests that they are encoding new information.” This passage explains that when you use your frontal (portion of the cerebral cortex lying just behind the forehead; involved in speaking and muscle movements and in making plans and judgments.) and parietal (portion of…

6) The monoamine theory of depression foresees the underlying pathophysiologic source for depression is the diminution of levels of norepinephrine, serotonin, and dopamine within the central nervous system (National Center for Biotechnology Information). Indication for this hypothesis is sustained with clinical trials and animal testing. Barchas, J., and Altemus, M. (1999) Monoamine Hypotheses of Mood Disorders Retrieved from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK28257/ 7) NOT DONE 8) The…

Structuralism, functionalism and psychodynamic theory contributes by showing up in schools and focused on a mental process in a more systematic and accurate manner. Both structuralism and functionalism are connected because functionalism can not work without structuralism because it sets the foundation of everything else. The five major perspectives are biological, psychodynamic, behavioral, cognitive and humanistic. Biological perspective looks at the way the nervous system, hormones and…

Do we really use only 10% of our brain capacity to function in everyday life? It really depends on self opinion. Some of us may think we use more of our brain when we are working and some of us may think that when we are relaxing our brains are relaxing as well. There is no scientific theory behind how much we use of our brain. Most of us use our brains daily, to think, to react, to sense feelings, etc. You may be surprised on how much we use our brains each day. Its always active, axons are…

auditory and visual responses. The colliculi are responsible for processing visual information from the ears and eyes. The superior colliculi processes visual information then relays it to the primary visual cortex which is located in the occipital lobe. The inferior has a different job, which is to process auditory information before the information is relayed to the primary auditory cortex (Davies,…

The prefrontal cortex is responsible for the capacity for representational memory, one part of the development of delayed response, and it depends on the maturation of the frontal cortex. Trauma victims, particularly children, usually have difficulty with those functions (van der Kolk, 2003). Excessive subcortical activation with decreased cortical inhibition combines to leave vulnerability in regards to the nature of incoming information. As children must develop ‘object permanence’ to modulate…

diseases that need neurosurgeons to treat them. Some plants are used in neurosurgery as well. Neurosurgery is said to be the most complex surgeries in the medical field. There are eight main parts of the brain. The Frontal Lobe, Temporal Lobe, Occipital Lobe, and Parietal Lobe form the Cerebrum. Then…