Temporal lobe

Music is powerful! This can be seen dramatically in individuals who suffer from Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. There have been convincing studies that show amazing outcomes for these patients, even in the late stages of the disease. Studies demonstrate that music can change moods, reduce agitation, stimulate positive interactions, and increase cognitive function and motor movements. Music therapy can slow the regression of speech and language skills, along with preserving the processing…

When we look around us we do not even think about it, we check both ways before crossing the street, we admire the sunset early in the morning, or we read a book. But, we never think about how we see things, how does what we see get translated into things that we can understand? It starts in the retina, where the receptor cells are. There are two types of receptor cells, rods and cones, both are only sensitive to visible light. Rods are chiefly responsible for night vision and respond to only…

Introduction Stigma is generally counterproductive in society. By definition it is the perception of disgrace associated with a circumstance, quality, or person. By manifest, it is often the complete and impulsive dismission of a “circumstance, quality, or person”, with no after thought as to the origins of this gut-reaction. Throughout history we have seen many instances of these taboo-like topics. During the 1980’s, people suffering from HIV/AIDS took the brunt of the disapproving glances and…

Introduction Epilepsy is known as Apasmara: apa, means negation or loss of; smara, means recollection or consciousness. Epilepsy known form thousands of years but came forward past hundred years. It was known from the Babylonians and Greeks also have records of epilepsy and they represent as Sacred Disease21. In India concept of epilepsy is known from ancient Indian medicine and it was developed during the Vedic period of .In the Ayurvedic literature of Charaka Samhita epilepsy is known…

Schizophrenia is an early-onset mental illness (van Dongen and Boomsma, 2013) Positive symptoms: “hallucinations, delusions, and racing thoughts” Negative symptoms: “poor social functioning, apathy, and lack of emotion” Cognitive symptoms: “disorganized thoughts, concentration problems, memory problems, and difficulty with completing tasks” Theory of mind is impaired in Schizophrenia (Brüne, 2001, 2005) “The cognitive capacity to represent one’s own and other persons’ mental states…in terms of…

medications; Lifestyle changes can alleviate symptoms, too. The three phases of deglutition in order are the voluntary phase, pharyngeal phase, and the esophageal phase. Each phase has various neural involvement. During the voluntary phase, the temporal lobes and motor cortex of the cerebral cortex are involved (McKinley 1031). The voluntary phase is characterized by forming the chewed food into a ball (now called a “bolus”) and moving it towards the rear of the mouth. Now begins the…

2003 on rats with epilepsy. The rats were then given marijuana extract and synthetic marijuana which got rid of the seizures in the rats for about 10 hours (The Endogenous Cannabinoid System Regulates Seizure Frequency and Duration in a Model of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy,…

Patient Case Study Our patient presents with two possible diagnoses. The first diagnoses is Generalized Anxiety Disorder and/or Agoraphobia. Generalized anxiety is defined by Wade & Tavris, (2017), as “A continuous state of anxiety marked by feelings of worry in addition to dread, apprehension, difficulties in concentration, as well as signs of motor tension.” (p.547). Generalized anxiety disorder involves insistent in addition to disproportionate worry that affects the persons daily activities…

According to dictionary.com, memory is the mental capacity of retaining facts, or of recalling or recognizing previous experiences. But memories are more than that. Memories define someone’s likes and dislikes, help recognize friends from enemies (Wilson). Memories are our own identity, all our knowledge and experience comes from them. Everyday of our life we are creating new memories. They are the base for taking decisions in a person’s life but are all those memories trustworthy? When you…

Combining the law, free will, and a mental illness led by brain damage, you will get an interesting episode that causes you to be lost in a thought. In a podcast with author and neurologist, Robert Sapolsky, we learn about a man with epilepsy, also known as Kevin. Robert Sapolsky describes the story and shows two opposing point of views involved in controlling actions with a brain damage. The hypothesis presented in this case study was whether the impulses in the brain were able to be controlled…