Temporal lobe

“And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love. And the greatest of these is love.” This biblical verse from the book of Corinthians implies that love is an everlasting essence to humanity and without it, life would have no meaning. Love is a natural human behavior that has been around since the beginning of the species. It is the warm, bubbly feeling of butterflies in the stomach, the sweaty hands, the flushed cheeks, and the racing heartbeat. Love is a universal symbol that puts one in an…

Caesar suffered from epilepsy, some say he even had temporal lobe epilepsy (PBS). Side effects of epilepsy can be seizures and unexpected movements and actions such as unexpected diarrhea, it was reported that Caesar did suffered from extreme diarrhea (PBS). Caesar's epilepsy would be extremely embarrassing…

Reliving today is not exactly a special phenomenon for many people. Generally, individuals live their lives according to a simple go to work and go to bed schedule with little variation. However, for some people, reliving today is only a product of forgetting that today already happened. Anterograde amnesia is a condition that is marked by patients being unable to store information in their short-term memory after a specific incident most commonly involving brain trauma. Having anterograde…

In medicine, an early diagnosis can mean the difference between life and death. Advancement’s in technology are making an early diagnosis for many diseases possible. One of these diseases is Alzheimer’s disease. According to the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America, (AFA, 2015) “Worldwide it is estimated that 24 million people have dementia, the majority of these people are also thought to have Alzheimer’s disease.” The AFA (2015) also states that, “Alzheimer’s Disease affects 5.1 million…

poor coordination may occur (Sullivan 425). The life of a child with FAS is very difficult as they struggle with various setbacks throughout their development. There is proof of total brain volume reduction, especially within the frontal, temporal and parietal lobes (Sullivan 445). Learning capabilities are highly impacted as the “IQ scores of alcohol-exposed children vary significantly from severe intellectual disability to above average” with the average IQ score of a fetal alcohol syndrome…

Liz has presented a plethora of symptoms that suggest she experienced an unexpected panic attack. Liz’s first cognitive symptom was her fear of “going crazy” as a result of her adverse physical reaction. Her secondary symptoms of an increased heart rate and shaking are the psychical manifestations of a panic attack. Her fourth symptom of depersonalization was verbalized as “feeling outside of my body”. These psychical and cognitive symptoms fulfill four of the thirteen diagnostic criteria…

The history of life goes back over a million of years ago. The earliest evidence of humans in Europe, date about 1.8 million years ago (Smiley 2016, unit 11). Many years later, a partial skeleton was found and it was pretty evident that it belonged to an extinct human our closest evolutionary relative (Paabo, 2006). Many species have evolved and changed to what we call modern man. The Neanderthals and the Denisovans are very similar to modern man and are frequently referred to as “early modern…

switch from short term to long term memory on a molecular level, we don't know a great deal about the downstream genes and proteins. Likewise, we are also facing some challenges in the systemic level – we still don't know much about the medial temporal lobe system. I think this paper successfully reviewed advances over the years and raised some interesting questions and ideas based on findings from previous studies. The authors appear to make sensible arguments. For example, the articles stated…

brain disorder that causes memory loss. FTD describes a range of diseases that often start with changes in behavior, speech, and decision-making processes. As FTD progresses, it affects short-term memory. Over time, FTD causes the frontal and temporal anterior lobes of the brain to shrink. These are the parts of the brain that control behavior and speech. There are three main types of FTD: Behavioral variant FTD. This is the most common type and was previously called Pick disease. Progressive…

but the most widely-accepted theory is that a person can contract it through a brain injury. It is believed that the disorder is caused by a disruption to the parts of the brain that deal with conscious memory and familiarity, which are the frontal lobes and right hemisphere. It is suggested that damage to these areas could lead to the condition if the damage in an event is severe enough, such as a bad car accident, during memory formation and retrieval. Although severe brain trauma is most…