Essays Tagged: "hemispheres"

Two Brains? About the brain's two hemispheres.

re.Your brain's right and left side have distinctly different ways oflooking at the world. Your two hemispheres are as different from eachother as, oh, Micheal Wilson and Shirley Maclean. The left bra ... fibre tract called thecorpus callosum. There is a certain amount of overlap but essentiallythe two hemispheres of the brain are like two different personalitiesthat working alone would be somewhat la ...

(4 pages) 168 0 3.2 Jan/1993

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology > Human Biology

Your Brain

re.Your brain's right and left side have distinctly different ways oflooking at the world. Your two hemispheres are as different from eachother as, oh, Micheal Wilson and Shirley Maclean. The left bra ... fibre tract called thecorpus callosum. There is a certain amount of overlap but essentiallythe two hemispheres of the brain are like two different personalitiesthat working alone would be somewhat la ...

(4 pages) 137 1 4.0 Dec/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology > Human Biology

Your Brain

re.Your brain's right and left side have distinctly different ways oflooking at the world. Your two hemispheres are as different from eachother as, oh, Micheal Wilson and Shirley Maclean. The left bra ... fibre tract called thecorpus callosum. There is a certain amount of overlap but essentiallythe two hemispheres of the brain are like two different personalitiesthat working alone would be somewhat la ...

(4 pages) 67 0 3.0 Dec/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology > Human Biology

Developmental Psychology (physical, cognitive, and psychosocial ).

on their way to being developed, but the forebrain still has a long way to go. Gradually these two hemispheres become larger and more convoluted, making for a characteristically human brain. Many pro ... it reaches 75%. Lateralization is one important feature of brain organization, which causes the two hemispheres of the cerebral cortex to become asymmetrical.Aside from brain development, other tremen ...

(10 pages) 821 6 4.8 May/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Hemispheric Dominance of the Brain and Its Effect on Visual Acuity and Motor Response -- split brain state, callosal agenesis, controlled experiment.

th a damaged or severed corpus callosum) have little or no communication between the left and right hemispheres of their cerebrum. We were interested in split-brain state and its effects on the abilit ...

(3 pages) 62 0 3.0 Jun/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

The Aurorae- what causes the beautiful light displays. What impact does it have on Earth?

and sometimes they fade away toalmost nothing. But they are always there.There are aurorae in both hemispheres of the Earth the aurora borealis isaround the North Pole and the aurora australis around ...

(2 pages) 42 0 3.3 Dec/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Astronomy

The Brain

breathing and blood pressure. It includes three structures lying between and below the two cereral hemispheres, the midbrain, pons and medulla oblangata.THe cerebrum is where the most high-level brai ... dulla oblangata.THe cerebrum is where the most high-level brain functions take place. Its two large hemispheres make up almost 85% of the brains weight. The two cerebral hemispheres are partially sepa ...

(1 pages) 33 0 4.3 Mar/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology > Human Biology

Spiritual Parallels between Indian Stupas and the Three Yogas of Hindu Society

ructures. The tumuli were geometric structures that were erected in the form of pyramids, cones and hemispheres, and often contained the relics of fallen kings and saints. In India, the stupa has prim ...

(4 pages) 37 0 4.8 Jul/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History

Sounds of Music

a drum shape. For example the typical description of any drum consist of a wooden cylinder that or hemispheres with calfskin stretched tightly one or both ends to form the head.In the performance of ... ood example of this kind of instrument is the conga. The conga consist of a wooden cylinder that or hemispheres with calfskin that stretches tightly the ends of the cylinder to form the head. The tens ...

(7 pages) 41 0 3.7 Mar/2005

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies

Sounds of Music

a drum shape. For example the typical description of any drum consist of a wooden cylinder that or hemispheres with calfskin stretched tightly one or both ends to form the head.In the performance of ... ood example of this kind of instrument is the conga. The conga consist of a wooden cylinder that or hemispheres with calfskin that stretches tightly the ends of the cylinder to form the head. The tens ...

(7 pages) 33 0 5.0 Sep/2006

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies

Gender

humans. It was said that females seem to have stronger connections between the two halves of their hemispheres than males. This biological factor would seem to explain many of the notable differences ... e notable differences perceived in society. For example, due to the lack of cross between the males hemispheres men may actually benefit by allowing each half of the brain to concentrate on what it do ...

(1 pages) 16 0 0.0 Feb/2001

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

My Favorite Fruit

Apples are available all year round. They are mostly grown in the northern Temperate Zone in both hemispheres. The apples that are harvested in the summer are too tart to eat and are used for cookin ...

(2 pages) 11 0 3.0 Mar/2001

Subjects: Humanities Essays

Right Brain

THE RIGHT HEMISPHERE OF THE BRAIN The brain is complex with twin hemispheres bound together by a band of fiber, which allows information to flow from one side to the ... bound together by a band of fiber, which allows information to flow from one side to the other. The hemispheres have specific skills and abilities; however, there is often a complex interaction betwee ... t. There has been research to support that there is a connection between creativity and how the two hemispheres function. Some creative individuals have shown ability to balance and alternate between ...

(1 pages) 15 0 0.0 Jan/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

The Left vs. the Right Brain

inking. A longitudinal fissure separates the human brain, essentially dividing it into two distinct hemispheres, connected by the corpus callosum. The left side of our body is "wired" to the right sid ... hemisphere's structure is generally mirrored by the other side. For some reason, our right and left hemispheres control the 'opposite' side of our bodies, so the right hemisphere controls our left sid ...

(4 pages) 76 2 3.3 Jul/2008

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology > Human Biology

Is Globalization New?

flowing to the western hemisphere from these European nations resulting in the integration of both hemispheres. However it was not until 1892 that the adjective "global" was first introduced by Harpe ...

(4 pages) 55 0 4.3 Apr/2009

Subjects: History Term Papers