How Does The Environment Affect Neuroplasticity?
First, environment definitely has certain effects on the physiological processes. In this essay, I will be discussing some of the important effects in a balanced and general point of view. Since the command term is the word discuss, I will include a lot of arguments in my essay in order to achieve the goal, discussing the effects.
One of the effects the environment may have on physiological processes is the neuroplasticity. The neuroplasticity, or could also be called as brain plasticity, is a part of the brain which determines the ability of the brain to organize the neural connections. One study done by Draganski et al in 2004 could be an example to discuss the effect of environment on the neuroplasticity, as a physiological process. The …show more content…
The second group was introduced to a juggling routine and has done it for a minimum time of 60 seconds everyday for three months. After that, they stopped this routine for three month. Due to the MRI scan, the result was that after the second group has done three month of joggling, the neural connections in the brain areas having control of physical activities have increased. However, the amount of changes in their brain has decreased and the neural connections dropped down after the next three months when they did not practice anymore …show more content…
Even though there are no actual prove that this neuron appears in human since it has only been found in animals, people could still assume it exist in human due to MRI of human brain had very similar patterns with animals when observing behavior. One study done by Iacoboni in 2004 related to mirror neuron could be considered as another example of how physiological processes get influenced by environment.
First, the aim of Iacoboni’s study was to determine if simply observing an emotion that’s expressed on a person’s face could cause the brain of observer to start become stimulated. The researcher asked the participants to observe human faces while they are in an fMRI. Then, the participants were told to try to imitate the faces shown to them. After that, they will see the faces again. The result of this study shows that as the participants watched the faces, their limbic system has become stimulated, with one exception, which is when participants see a happy face; it activates pleasure centers in the
One of the effects the environment may have on physiological processes is the neuroplasticity. The neuroplasticity, or could also be called as brain plasticity, is a part of the brain which determines the ability of the brain to organize the neural connections. One study done by Draganski et al in 2004 could be an example to discuss the effect of environment on the neuroplasticity, as a physiological process. The …show more content…
The second group was introduced to a juggling routine and has done it for a minimum time of 60 seconds everyday for three months. After that, they stopped this routine for three month. Due to the MRI scan, the result was that after the second group has done three month of joggling, the neural connections in the brain areas having control of physical activities have increased. However, the amount of changes in their brain has decreased and the neural connections dropped down after the next three months when they did not practice anymore …show more content…
Even though there are no actual prove that this neuron appears in human since it has only been found in animals, people could still assume it exist in human due to MRI of human brain had very similar patterns with animals when observing behavior. One study done by Iacoboni in 2004 related to mirror neuron could be considered as another example of how physiological processes get influenced by environment.
First, the aim of Iacoboni’s study was to determine if simply observing an emotion that’s expressed on a person’s face could cause the brain of observer to start become stimulated. The researcher asked the participants to observe human faces while they are in an fMRI. Then, the participants were told to try to imitate the faces shown to them. After that, they will see the faces again. The result of this study shows that as the participants watched the faces, their limbic system has become stimulated, with one exception, which is when participants see a happy face; it activates pleasure centers in the