SHOULD BRAIN DRAIN BE BANNED? A brain drain is a large emigration of individuals with the Knowledge or Technical skills‚ usually due to conflict‚ political instability‚ lack of opportunity‚ or health risks. A brain drain is generally regarded as an economic cost‚ because emigrants usually take with them the fraction of value of their teaching sponsored by government. Today Indian professionals are doing well abroad. This however had led to a brain drain‚ harmful to India. After completing
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Conclusion 1. Why is the story of Phineas Gage considered so extraordinary? What does his story teach us about the brain? Pole struck through his skull and his brain‚ once recoved‚ the man was perfectly fine with only minor personality changes 2. (Optional) Scientists have used a drawing called a motor homunculus to show the connection between different body parts and areas of the brain. This drawing is a cartoon of the human body‚ where the bigger the body parts‚ the more area of the motor cortex
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Harrison PYSCH 1030 Guerin 9 March 2013 Inside the Teenage Brain Every human being on the face of the earth went through those fun‚ party filled teenaged years. During this time most everyone experienced mostly the same awkward moments. The time when teens feel they know everything‚ and are an adult. How is this explained and how does brain development explain how and what we learn? In a PBS documentary “Inside the Teenage Brain” by Sarah Sparks this is explained in a great amount of information
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arguments within the field of Human Evolution is how and why our big brains evolved. Brains are really expensive. Our brains are much larger than they ought to be. There has to be a reason for a brain to both evolve‚ and be sustained‚ that is larger than necessary for the basic physical metabolic processes. Big brains need an increased and more efficient diet in order to be maintained. Evolving a large brain must mean that brain size offered an important fitness advantage; otherwise it’s hard to
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Seminar on BLUE BRAIN TECHNOLOGY By Rakesh R. Deshpande (1SP11CS053) Introduction • • • • • • • • • • What is Blue Brain Technology? Actors Behind the Scene. Base of the Blue Brain Technology. Difference between Virtual Brain & Natural Brain. Theoretical Concept. How to upload Data to virtual Brain? Need of Blue Brain. Advantages. Disadvantages. Conclusion. What is Blue Brain Technology? The Blue Technology is an attempt to reverse engineer the human brain and recreate it at the cellular
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What is a brain injury? What does being "brain-injured"? A brain-injured patient is a person with severe brain damage that result in achieving the thought process. Brain damage may occur after: - Head injury - An aneurysm or stroke - A tumor - A brain abscess - Following a disease affecting the nervous system (multiple sclerosis‚ Behcet’s disease ...) Consecutive brain damage such accidents and diseases often cause coma‚ neurological damage and cognitive impairment. What problems does it
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Behavior When you talk to a teenager‚ have you ever wondered why‚ why did they make that decision‚ or perhaps‚ what influenced that decision? Many factors go into why teens make some of the choices they make‚ but a huge one is the teenage brain. Teenager’s brains are still growing. These growth cause the teens to make decisions that could be very irrational or beneficial. Counselors need to know what elements causes the decisions so they can better understand their student and be better at their job
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Question 1 Given what we know about localization of function in the human brain‚ is it scientifically legitimate to categorize people as left-brained or right-brained? Hemispheric lateralization‚ as discovered by Roger W. Sperry (1965)‚ ascribes to the specialization of one cerebral hemisphere or the other in controlling specific functions (Passer‚ Smith‚ Holt‚ Bremner‚ Sutherland & Vliek‚ 2009). In recent years‚ there appears to be a growing phenomenon in the generalization
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Edward (1987). Drugs & the Brain. Chelsea House Publishers. This source is part of “The Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Drugs: Series 2” and explains the effect of using drugs on the brain. In depth‚ the source talks about how the brain works‚ and how the use of various drugs affects the brain. One section in the book is about using stimulants‚ specifically amphetamine and cocaine‚ and how it may affect the brain. It’s not just the bad affects on the brain‚ it also talks about some of the
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that the mind is non-physical and categorically distinct from the body. In this essay‚ I will explore the merits and shortcomings of both views‚ and try to determine which theory is the more plausible account for the nature of the mind. The Mind/Brain Identity theory supports the physicalist view of the nature of the mind. It holds that mental events are the same as
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