Temporal lobe

Animal rights groups have estimated that over 100 elephants are killed everyday by poachers. Poachers are bringing the elephant population close to extinction, the population has decreased by 50% in the last 35 years. Poachers are illegally killing elephants in Africa and Asia to use their ivory for objects such as piano keys and billiard balls. In 1989, an international ban was put on the ivory trade. The ban made it legal to trade in one’s own country, but illegal to export the ivory to other…

direct link to a muscle group firing, but to a concept. This demonstrates the association between mirror neurons and higher level thinking (Rizzolatti, Fadiga, Fogassi et al., 1996). Self-other mapping was also assessed in neurons of the medial temporal lobe in monkeys, which are not motor neurons but are higher order in nature. This further supports the theory that an individual’s perception of an other is important in this brand of neurons that process beyond simple stimuli sensation…

Schizophrenia as Depicted in The Fisher King The Fisher King enlists the viewer on a journey accompanying two men, Parry and Jack, as they attempt to alleviate the mental burdens life has thrust upon them. While the movie depicts many characters battling their own personal demons, this paper focuses on Parry and his story as he navigates a life with schizophrenia. The movie begins with Jack Lucas, a successful and influential shock jock that inadvertently pushes a violently disturbed listener…

1. A perception is when sensory impulses are interpreted in the brain, such as touching a hot stove. A sensation is when the brain becomes aware of a stimulus, such as pain. 2. Pain receptors are excited by any type of tissue damage. 3. Referred pain is a phenomenon when you feel pain in an area other than where the pain originates from. 4. The thalamus and cerebral cortex are the parts on the brain that interpret pain impulses. The thalamus establishes the awareness of pain, and the…

function, behavioral and personality disturbances, and parkinsonism” (Gavett et al., 2011), and speech and gait abnormalities (McKee et al., 2009). CTE include pathological changes in the brain such as atrophy of the cerebral hemispheres, medial temporal lobe, thalamus, mammillary bodies, and brainstem, with ventricular dilatation and a fenestrated cavum septum pellucidum. Microscopically, there are extensive tau-immunoreactive neurofibrillary tangles, astrocytic tangles, and spindle-shaped and…

It is an important and interesting question on how feelings and emotions emerge inside our human bodies. It is a known and general fact that emotions come from the brain, yet it is also evident that specific areas of brain are responsible for productions of feelings. In order to better understand the production mechanism, it is vital to get deeper into the brain’s emotional map and examine particular areas. One of these specialized areas of central interest is the amygdala that is responsible…

Even after extensive research, the epidemiology of ADHD is still hard to pinpoint. Most health professionals believe that the disorder is a neurological disorder that is present at birth or develops during early childhood, but some do disagree. The disorder has a prevalence of approximately 5-12% in children, 8.7% in adolescents, and 4% adults. From a genetic basis, it has been determined that ADHD has a heritability rate that ranges from 75-91%, and parents and siblings of a child with ADHD are…

doi:10.1080/14789949.2011.603189. In addition to the recent development characteristics, sex offenders are found to have a loss in the working memory, sustaining attention and fluency. A brain study of an adult sex offender focus on the frontal temporal lobe, impairments in verbal abilities, and decision-making concepts. These concepts are the main description of a lack of development of a sex offender. Miyaguchi, K., & Shirataki, S. (2014). Executive functioning problems of juvenile sex…

or asking them to visualize certain activities, such as playing tennis or navigating their hometown, and scanning their cognitive responses, scientists could create a visual catalog of brain responses. ‘Yes’ may be a green flair up in the left temporal lobe, while ‘no’ may be an orange spot on the…

divided into two symmetrical hemispheres: left (language, the ‘rational’ half of the brain, associated with analytical thinking and logical abilities) and right (more involved with musical and artistic abilities). The brain is also divided into four lobes: o Frontal – (motor cortex) motor behavior, expressive language, higher level cognitive processes, and orientation to person, place, time, and situation o…