Posterior parietal cortex

Brain, Sentience, Consciousness, and Mind Even though there are distinct differences between mind, brain, sentience, and consciousness, all of them are interconnected. The differences and relationships between these vary greatly in the scientific and psychological world that stems between mental and physical functioning. All of these factors can influence cognition in terms of memory, problem solving, learning, and planning, as well as emotionality in terms of an individual’s response to…

1 Hypothalamus – a small region of the brain that is a major link between the nervous and endocrine system. The hypothalamus controls the autonomic nervous system and regulates body temperature, hunger, thirst, fear, rage, and sexual behavior. The hypothalamus control feeling such as pain, stress, and emotional experiences. (1) 2 Pituitary gland – the “master endocrine gland” because it secretes many hormones that control other endocrine glands. It is a “pea-shaped structure that attaches to…

breaks. “We can use brain breaks and focused-attention practices to positively impact our emotional states and learning. They refocus our neural circuitry with either stimulating or quieting practices that generate increased activity in the prefrontal cortex, where problem solving and emotional regulation occur.” Children in their early years of school tend to be full of energy and have a very short attention span.” Brain breaks are short physical activities you have the kids do. They get the…

My Neuropsychological Journal Emotional Functioning As someone who was diagnosed with PTSD three years ago, and has experienced symptoms for the past five years, I have experienced various deficits in emotional functioning. Reflecting back, my emotional functioning has varied over time. For instance, before I started treatment, my emotional functioning was quite poor. I was unable to regulate emotion and was constantly in a flight or flight mode. For example, in high school and my…

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…

mirroring in the observer than others (40). The anterior insula, an area involved in the processing of both emotional and sensory information (a combination of which is defining of pain perception), has mirror qualities as well as the anterior cingulate cortex, a part of the limbic system (Morrison, Lloyd, di Pellegrino & Roberts, 2004; Morrison & Downing, 2007; Botvinick, Jha, Bylsma, Fabian, Solomon & Prkachin, 2005). (28, 29, 32, 28) Evidence suggests that it is possible for vicarious…

fibres. This part of the brain is further divided into 4 lobes: frontal , parietal , temporal and occipital lobe. Each lobe of the brain has a different function frontal is the area for memory, problem solving,language,judgment etc... our temporal lobe works along side the frontal lobe involved with language and memory, this lobe also processes hearing and music. Our sensory information and judgment takes place in the parietal lobe.…

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…

How much of our life do we really have control over? This topic is covered in The Magic of the Unconscious: Automatic Brain which contemplates just how much humans are actually aware of and how much we genuinely decide. The video goes into an in-depth analysis of the automatic brain. It shows just how complicated the many processes the human brain goes through each day, in fact at every second. Humans are immensely unaware of how powerful and controlling the automatic brain is. This part of our…

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…