Priming

The video game industry was a 21 billion dollar business in 2011, according to consumerist.com. Along with the growing industry, the growing number of concerned parents grows as well. Many parents see the video games as harmful to their children’s health. However, other parents see potential in video games as a path to a better future in their baby’s education. Nonetheless, Anderson’s article is written better than Shaffer’s article due to Anderson’s strong statistical evidence, where Shaffer…

CD4+ T lymphocytes, or cells, are white blood cells that are involved in immune protection. These cells assist B cells in creating antibodies, allow macrophages to establish heightened antimicrobial activity, recruit neutrophils, eosinophils, and basophils towards inflammation and infection. CD4+ T cells also produce a group of cytokines, which respectively, trigger an abundance of immune responses. T cell differentiation Originally, Mosmann et al., 1986 reported that CD4 T cells can be…

Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. Death and life mix in the world to create a very unique atmosphere. Humans struggle to cope with the overbearing forces. Emotion takes control and each individual approaches life and death from a different angle. The Academy Award winning film, Ordinary People, focuses on the Jarrett family, who has suffered the tragic loss of their son Buck in a boating accident. Each member of the…

Prejudice is a hostile or negative attitude toward people in a separate group, due to their membership in that group (Aronson, Wilson & Akert, 2013). It has been with humanity since a long time ago, but it is only recently, within the 20th and 21st centuries that prejudice has surfaced more than ever, especially regarding the stereotypes of gender, to serve the rights of humans. Even recently, there have been news that were published in regards to prejudice and discrimination. The first news…

The purpose of this research paper was to discuss an overview of the semantic and structural memories and to examine which one of the two have better recall retention. Semantic memories store information through personal events and adding meaning to it, an example would be associating words as unpleasant or pleasant. In another hand, structural memory is obtaining information of what an individual sees, an example would be seeing if a word is upper case or lower case. Evidence suggests semantic…

“Watching TV Makes You Smarter” In the article, “Watching TV Makes You Smarter,” Steven Johnson claims that the progression of modern television series is making viewers smarter because of their complex plots and multi-threading techniques. I question Johnson’s statement because there is a difference between gaining knowledge and conditioning your brain by noticing techniques that are in television shows today. One gains knowledge by learning and being tested over different subject. Whereas,…

According to Dr. Jade Teta, it doesn't matter what age you are, you can switch back on the same body-rejuvenation abilities you had when you were younger. He says that traditional workouts are not the answer and that they can actually do more harm than good, but when you how to work out the way he talks about in Metabolic Prime, you will not only find yourself losing weight easier, you will be protecting yourself from future disease. But, can this program really give you back the metabolism of…

Nationalism is omnipresent in the United States. Every American has experienced varying levels of nationalism even if they did not consciously process the stimuli. Common nationalistic American symbols range from the Flag to the paper bills we exchange as currency. Constant exposure to these items slowly desensitizes the mind to them, causing us to not look as closely at them. The United States currency, for example, is covered in symbols; however, Americans ignore most of the symbols because…

Dimmesdale, and this contributes to his desire to analyze Dimmesdale's pain and nature. Because of their misguided religious dedication, Puritan society draws Chillingworth to violate Dimmesdale's privacy for their own religious sake, while also subtly priming Chillingworth with a selfish, scrutinizing judgment. As a result of Puritan society's view that pain was a form of divine punishment/judgment, Chillingworth began to view his judgment and torment of Dimmesdale as the work of God, and he…

Optic Neuritis is a condition where the optic nerve, which carries visual information from the eye to the brain, becomes inflamed. Most of the damage is done to the protective myelin sheath that surrounds the nerve, which is vital for good vision. A few symptoms that occur to people who have Optic Neuritis are: distorted color vision, blurriness, pain, and even vision loss. During a routine eye exam, a doctor will look for signs of Optic Neuritis by checking the eye pressure. The eye will be…