conversation. The patient was studied for 44 years before he was put to an MRI scanner in 1997 and immediately things became clearer. The brain damage was larger than the researcher had estimated. It included the hippocampus‚ the amygdala and other areas close to the amygdala. The HM case study’s findings are valid since they are scientifically proven by the MRI scan. However‚ the study cannot be replicated to other humans to test its validity. Finally‚ there is the fMRI‚ or else; the functional magnetic
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When Kids Get Life In the Frontline video “When Kids Get Life” we were introduced to 5 cases in the state of Colorado where teenage boys had been sentenced to life imprisonment without parole. After watching the video I found myself struggling to have an objective opinion on the issue presented‚ mostly because of personal experiences being a victim of childhood abuse and also having a family member (my brother) murdered. I felt the video to be very one sided but I do find myself agreeing with the
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Accuracy of Flashbulb memories – This presentation deals with the topic of flashbulb memories and how accurate they can be. The awareness of flashbulb memory was first conveyed by psychologist Roger Brown and James Kulik in 1977. It was proposed that flashbulb memories are so emotionally important to us that they are embedded with vividness‚ accuracy and with complete fullness in our minds. They argued for an existence of a memory mechanism that‚ when triggered by an event that was of unusual
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Borderline Personality Disorder #2.) What are the following biological and physiological factors that may explain the Cause(s) of this disorder or explain the changes in these factors that are attributes to the disorder? Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) patients have a hard time regulating emotion. This makes them socially sensitive and moody. BPD patients are often unable to control;m emotional stability‚ impulsive behavior‚ and interpersonal relationships. “Borderline” describes patients
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Discuss the interaction between cognition and physiology in terms of behavior • Introduction: cognition‚ physiology‚ relation • Amnesia: retrograde‚ anterograde • Memory: multi-store‚ division‚ *amnesic patients‚ ways of distinguishing types of memory (KC‚ spiers maguire and burgess‚ vargha and khadem) • HM • Clive Wearing • Conclusion: cognition‚ physiology Cognition‚ as defined by Neisser‚ is all the processes by which the brain transforms‚ reduces‚ elaborates‚ stores‚ retrieves
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References: Anderson‚ A. K.‚ & Phelps‚ E. A. (2001). Lesions of the human amygdala impair enhanced perception of emotionally salient events Baddeley‚ A. D. (1998). The central executive: A concept and some misconceptions Baddeley‚ A. D.‚ & Hitch‚ G. J. (1974). Working memory. Barbas‚ H. (1995). Anatomic basis of cognitive–emotional
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The brain for memory The brain is the most important organ‚ and any animal‚ even mosquitoes have them. However‚ have you thought any special ability of the brain‚ or have you imagined about your personality‚ emotion or memory in the situation which you lost a part of brain? In fact‚ there are lots of great abilities such as memory in the brain without our notice. Although‚ all the brain’s tasks are not clear completely‚ a lot of scientists have researched it and found its several miraculous functions
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Social Anxiety Disorder Social anxiety disorder (SAD) refers to a condition where a person feels intensely anxious about everyday life public interactions (Antony & Rowa‚ 2008). People with this disorder understand that they have excessive fear towards public confrontations
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The behavior I have is a fear of flying. This behavior developed when I was younger on an international flight back to the U.S.‚ there was a bad storm and the turbulence was really bad and the plane felt like it was dropping out of the sky. Also there was another instance where I was flying through the mountains in a propeller plane. These particular planes do not fly as high as say a Boeing 757 or a jet‚ therefore you feel every single wind gust and bump. As the plane was descending into our destination
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lobes and prefrontal cortex. Cognitive theorists suggest that people with this disorder do not necessarily consider other people to be important. Biological abnormalities seem to be apparent in borderline personality disorder; an overly reactive amygdala and an underactive prefrontal
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