Essays Tagged: "brain functions"
Two Brains? About the brain's two hemispheres.
Two Brains?Your brain has two sides. And each has a distinctly different way oflooking at the world.Do y ... ooking at the world.Do you realize that in order for you to read this article, the twosides of your brain must do completely different things? The more weintegrate those two sides, the more integrated ... ecreatively, but to control physical maladies such as epilepsy and migranes,replace certain damaged brain functions and even learn to 'thin' into thefuture. Even more startling is evidence coming to l ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Biology > Human Biology
Your Brain
Good essay about your left and right brainYour brain has two sides. And each has a distinctly different way oflooking at the world.Do you ... ooking at the world.Do you realize that in order for you to read this article, the twosides of your brain must do completely different things? The more weintegrate those two sides, the more integrated ... ecreatively, but to control physical maladies such as epilepsy and migranes,replace certain damaged brain functions and even learn to 'thin' into thefuture. Even more startling is evidence coming to l ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Biology > Human Biology
Your Brain
Good essay about your left and right brain noneYour brain has two sides. And each has a distinctly different way oflooking at the world.D ... ooking at the world.Do you realize that in order for you to read this article, the twosides of your brain must do completely different things? The more weintegrate those two sides, the more integrated ... ecreatively, but to control physical maladies such as epilepsy and migranes,replace certain damaged brain functions and even learn to 'thin' into thefuture. Even more startling is evidence coming to l ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Biology > Human Biology
This is paper on ADHD, symptoms, solutions, and statistics.
number of people that are affected.Psychiatrists say ADHD arises as a developmental failure in the brain circuitry that underlies inhibition and self-control. If this is what happens, that is what im ... ill a search for the cause of this disorder, but over the years imaging studies have shown that the brain regions might have a malfunction in the patients that have ADHD, therefore is causes them to h ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Common Disorders
Alzheimer's and the effects. This is a informative piece of writing explaining Alzheimer's and the effects of the disease.
Alzheimer's is a disease of the brain that causes a loss in memory. This results in dementia, loss of brain functions (thinking, rem ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine
The Effect of Aerobic Exercise Training on Memory: Can Increasing Aerobic Exercise Improve Long-term Memory in Healthy Young Adults?
d Scholey (1996) demonstrated improvements in memory with increase in level of oxygen supply to the brain before learning by oxygen administration. One suggested mechanism was increase in cardiovascul ... nitive performance. It was suggested that their duration of exercise was not long enough to improve brain functions in order to maintain its performance. Therefore, Hill et al. (1993) conducted an exp ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports
A defence of cartesian dualism from the attacks of modern science.
which the mind could view what it internally perceived. As our scientific understanding of how the brain functions to produce consciousness and hence the mind has increased, these two pictures of bra ... h water. There are many facets of Cartesian Dualism that are compatible with current discoveries in brain science. This essay will be devoted to the reconciliation of current scientific advancements i ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy
Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (FMRI) and it's Medical Applications
gnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) is an imaging technique that plays an important role in determining brain functions and some brain disorders. It is most used by neuroscientists and psychiatrists.The p ... ues oxygenation.In 1992, the interests increased in fMRI and researches were done to understand the brain functions involving motor skills, such as finger tapping, as well as recognizing the sound and ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Physics
MSUD
and valine. These amino acids pile up in the blood causing a poisonous effect that interferes with brain functions. Not only does it affect the smell of urine, but it also can do a lot of damage.This ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases
Schizophrenia
ay be incomprehensible or frightening to others.Schizophrenia affects the normal functioning of the brain that help us to tell the difference between fact and fiction, to think logically, to perceive ... to have normal emotional responses, and to act appropriately in social situations. The part of the brain thought to be affected by schizophrenia is the limbic system. It was realized that the limbic ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Mental Health
Legalizing Marijuana
ncy of its use and the higher of addiction (USASK pg. 2). A decrease means fewer health risks, slow brain functions and the risk of cancer. A lot of things could happen with people associated with the ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol
Therapy can Help the Brain Rewire Itself
there is anything that could be called the “last frontier” in medical research, it is the brain’s ability to rewire itself after a severe injury. You cannot possibly have a normal life ... rly. You can overcome the loss of a limb as long as that loss is not the consequence of a traumatic brain injury.Only recently has research begun to change the theory that brain cells die after a seve ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Sensation & Perception
The Importance of Regular Exercise on Mental Health.
r human body. It is now also well established by numerous researches that exercise can also improve brain function. This concept has been studied in the last ten years especially in aging adults (1). ... y in aging adults (1). For instance, a study by Colombe and Kramer indicates that exercise improves brain function and it also lowers the risk of cognitive impairment when linked to aging. The causes ...
Subjects: Science Essays
Autism and Dance Therapy
behaviorally defined developmental disability that affects sociability, language, and a variety of brain functions" (Levy, 191). Autism is not something that can be transmitted from person to person. ... of now are unable to pinpoint which gene. It is also apparent that autism is "some form of organic brain damage, biochemical imbalance, or disorder of brain development." (Erfer, P.194) Autism is mor ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology
Drowning Safety
The heart rate drops and blood vessels constrict in major organs and muscles, so that the heart and brain functions are ceased. Hypothermia sets in and the body's demand for oxygen drops dramatically. ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Health & Fitness
Foundatins of Psychology
ehaviors behind them. Many concepts such as emotion, perception, motivation, personality, behavior, brain functions and interpersonal relationships are explored to further understand the human mind an ... into some type of tangible data.Biological FoundationsBiology and psychology can be bonded by mind, brain and body. This relationship has been speculated that some parts of the brain help in controlli ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology
speech to inform - sleep deprivation
(Central Michigan University, 2008)B. It can have a tremendous mental effect, causing problems with brain functions.1. Memory loss.2. Decreased ability to concentrate.3. Decline in mental reaction tim ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology