Social neuroscience

When bad things happen, why do we cry? Is it to cope with grief? Is it to try and seem sad? Of course these aren’t the reasons why. It is common knowledge that crying is an automatic, natural human instinct. However, is dancing and smiling to oneself natural in response to trauma? If a behavior is strange, is it not human? A girl is dancing ”barefoot”, peacefully in the dirt and clouds of smoke. Her family is dead and her house is burned down. She doesn’t think about dancing- she just does. A…

Standing ahead of the closed door to Lt. Marshall’s office, Edith seemingly felt panic-stricken. An irrational thought ran through her mind, one that screamed RUN FOR YOUR LIFE! Fear is a powerful thing and it crept inside her unexpectedly. She took a moment to regain focus. Running away wasn’t the option, combat the tension built inside was. So with courage, Edith knocks delicately waiting for permission to enter. “Come in.” A profound voice from behind the entryway said. Edith enters…

The article that I selected is titled “ The Effect of Humour and Mood on Memory Recall”. It is within this article that two groups are created in efforts to distinquish humour recollection based on neutral and dysphoric moods. This article similar to our course reading wanted to evaluate how ones’ mood effefts their memory utilizing both choice words embedded into humourous video clips.The article suggest that humour can be mind altering helping individuals who suffer from different mood…

Moaning deeply and loudly, Will stirred in his makeshift bed. Rising from the flattened pile of straw and leaves, the tall, pale skinned man lifted his arms above his head, and stretched his body out. As Will's vision adjusted, and the camp came into focus, he finally remembered what was coming. [I]Immunity. [/i] "Well shit" he mumbled, having almost forgotten. On the bright side, it might have something to do with eating. While the hosts had been fairly vague, they had mentioned eating, and the…

Take a moment and look back on a memory that you would rather forget. Maybe you are picturing a relationship that ended badly, or perhaps the death of a family member. Maybe you are remembering a traumatic incident in your past, or maybe you are a war veteran trying not to relive the horrors of war. Regardless of the memory you have recalled, it is likely that, at some point in your life, you have come across one of these painful memories and wished there was a way to erase them from your mind.…

an objective and a more emotionally-imbued reason. Detaching myself from the emotional aspects of working with and for the sake of children, I am interested in child health because children are constantly growing and developing. In respects to neuroscience, I am able to see and research neurological diseases and cognitive functions as it applies to a brain that is constantly changing. The adult brain does have some plasticity, but it is incomparable to that of a child’s. I am fascinated by the…

From the very beginning we have always been told sleep is a very important part of our daily routine and being sleep deprivation can cause many health problems. However new findings that have been recently in the ‘Journal of Neuroscience’ now tell us that sleep deprivation not only helps the brain loose its sense of proportion but also what is important. A research led by Prof. Talma Hendler of Tel Aviv University’s (TAU’s) Psychological Sciences and graduate student Eti Ben-Simon was…

Dreams are one of the most remarkable psychological and neurological phenomena experienced by the sleeping mind, yet still remains one of the most unclear scientific inquiries. During the stages of sleep the brain involuntarily constructs a series of images, ideas, emotions, and sensations, parallel to brain activity in several regions of the brain that control our cognitive processes. Because these parts of the brain are constantly being stimulated, there is reason to believe that dreaming has…

better know a language and there 's not much evolutionary pressure to wire up your brain to learn more, you 're done, you should know it by then. Children are, I think, better learners regarding motor skills, possibly regarding certain aspects of social interaction. We 'd be really screwed if we had to start our life over again as children with our brains right now; because I think we lose the plasticity and flexibility”…

My college life has been arduous, but it has been an inspiring preparation period for me to build up my knowledge and skills and get ready for graduate-level research in neuroscience. To investigate this field thoroughly, I have spent my 4-year undergraduate study taking a large number of brain-related courses across departments, work on interdisciplinary research in diverse fields, and attend international conferences and…