Ventromedial prefrontal cortex

Relevant Background Information Mr. Hughes Hughes is a Caucasian 22-year-old male. Mr. Hughes stated to have developed normally, and seemed to not show any delays. He had also mentioned to being the only child and was raised by both parents. Both of the parents were equally in his life before they had passed. However, Mr. Hughes has stated that his mother was notorious for letting him know that he is not necessarily safe because there is an abundance of germs and diseases out there. Mr. Hughes…

Name: Muhammad Khan Class: Psych 2301 MWF 9:00am Article Reviewed: ERN and the Placebo: A Misattribution Approach to Studying he Arousal Properties of the Error- Related Negativity Year of Article: 2012 Authors: Inzlicht, Michael, Al-Khindi, Timour Journal: Journal of Experimental Psychology Journal Page Numbers: 799 – 805 (7 pages) Textbook citation: R-22 Type of Study: Experimental Background, Problem and Hypothesis The following study was aimed to determine if performance monitoring was…

Early brain imaging studies of musical imagery used PET (positron emission tomogra- phy), which has now been almost completely replaced by fMRI. PET and fMRI each have their pros and cons as methods for functional brain imaging. PET works by com- bining several tricks. Typically, subjects are injected with 2-deoxyglucose, a modified form of sugar that is transported through the bloodstream to cells just like glucose, but cannot be metabolized. As a result, 2-deoxyglucose builds up rapidly in…

This form of ostracism, elicits increased activity in the brain areas, such as the anterior cingulate cortex which also responds to physical pain. (Kross et al., 2011; Lieberman & Eisenberger, 2009) Another point to take into consideration in regards to psychology is the concept of how we process and remember information. There will be instances where one…

Previously, it was reported that carbohydrate mouth rinse improves repeated sprint performance. The current study, aimed to explore this postulation by examining the influence of carbohydrate mouth rinse on repeated sprint performance. The present study, employed a pre-experimental trial. This was parallel with printed recommendations (Hopkins et al., 2001). Moreover, the absence of a practice effect for any performance variable indicates veracity of the pre-experimental trial. Furthermore,…

Ostracism is the act of being excluded from social interaction, previous research using a virtual ball game called the cyber-ball paradigm has been utilized to show that ostracism can occur even in situations where there are no real people playing, this intern has been shown to lower individual’s self-esteem. On the other hand, studies have also shown that neuroticism has a direct effect on a person’s self-esteem as well yet no study to date has linked these factors together. Therefore, the…

tract correlates to the ability to recover motor function. If the pathway from the primary motor cortex to the motor neurons in the spinal cord is disrupted, secondary motor areas of the brain will be recruited. Secondary motor areas are less numerous and less excitatory; therefore, they will contribute to motor recovery, but will not provide exact substitutions for projections from the primary motor cortex. Finally, strategies to promote adaptive responses can influence recovery of motor…

As sleep, addiction effects our behaviors and physical states of the body. Addiction can be referred to as a state in which one perceives intense intolerable desire for something because the response after contact with the stimuli simulated perceived pleasurable response. Consequently, Internet addiction has been acknowledged as a clinical diagnosis. Internet addiction is a compulsive–impulsive spectrum disorder, involving online and/or offline computer usage for excessive gaming, sexual…

grasping, writing, lifting, and gesturing. Copious studies suggest that the posterior parietal cortex is of paramount importance when executing hand actions and motions. Comparatively, past experiments exhibit bilateral posterior parietal cortex activation during one-handed movements with notable increases in the activity of the hemisphere contralateral to the active hand. Because posterior parietal cortex activity levels indicate relationships to hand choice, there are postulations…

Involvement of prefrontal cortex is particularly interesting because that is the area where there are the most abnormality differences between the regular person and the serial killer. Which might explain some of the serial killer behavior and where fantasies originated from. The anterior cortex is where the feeling of empathy is generated. People with narcissistic personality usually have a lack of empathy…