Planarian Behavior – Biology II Honor Overview Work in pairs for this lab. You will directly observe planarian movement. You will then formulate a hypothesis about planarian behavior‚ and propose an experiment to test this hypothesis. Your experiment should be focused on one of the various types of stimuli listed below. Your experiment must collect both qualitative and quantitative data. Think about how you can increase the sample size of your observations to minimize the effect of confounding
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the years scientists have discovered that there is more to the brain than previously thought. They have learned that inside the brain there is a synapse or an area that is open between the axon of a nerve and the dendrite of another nerve. The synapse entails the neurotransmitters‚ mitochondria‚ postsynaptic ending that has receptors sites for the neurotransmitters‚ and a synaptic cleft. When alcohol is consumed and reaches the brain‚ it can alter neuron membranes‚ ion channels‚ enzymes‚ and receptors
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Left Brain vs. Right Brain Learning Styles Joe Smith American Military University Left Brain vs. Right Brain Learning Styles People learn in many different ways‚ but do you ever wonder why that is. Why are we so different and learn so differently? The brain is the answer to that question. The brain gives us what we need to determine what and who we are as people. Because of the human brain’s complexity‚ professors and teachers are starting to see that one way of teaching is not always the
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Biological level of analysis – serotonin Serotonin is a neurotransmitter which plays different roles in our brain‚ and can have effects such as sleep‚ arousal levels and emotion. The study was conducted by two researchers‚ Kasamatsu and Hirai‚ at Tokyo’s University in 1999. The aim of the study was to find out how the sensory deprivation affects the brain and later on‚ the human behavior. In order to achieve their aim‚ the researchers examined a group of Buddhist monks who went to a religious journey
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Left brain VS Right brain Matthew Stafford Davenport University 10/25/2012 Right Brain Your brain processes and reacts to certain situations in many different ways. This is directly due to either being left brain or right brain. What is left brain or right brain you ask? People use either side to approach solutions to a variety of problems with different outcomes. People who are left brain tend to approach each problem with an analytical point of view. Right brain thinkers tend to
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Should I Stay Or Should I Go? “You’re 18 years old‚ now move out.” For some teenagers coming of age‚ this is one of the first things they hear after blowing out candles on there birthday. But is 18 years old to young? I had to make a choice‚ either move out as soon as possible after finally being able to buy lighters‚ or stay home for a while and go to college. In the article “Generation Debt” by Anya Kamenetz‚ the author states that “...five milestones of maturity are: leaving home‚ finishing
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Charles Murray: Are Too Many People Going to College The higher education system in America has become an expectation‚ and an apparent necessity‚ for those looking to achieve success in the work force. Young adults’ mentors‚ including teachers‚ counselors‚ and parents‚ urge students to attend college after the competition of high school‚ no matter the circumstances. In his work‚ "Are Too Many People Going to College"‚ Charles Murray brings this system of postsecondary education under question‚
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HUMAN BRAIN The brain is one of the largest and most complex organs in the human body. It is made up of more than 100 billion nerves that communicate in trillions of connections called synapses. The human brain is the command centre for the human nervous system. It receives input from the sensory organs and sends output to the muscles. Parts of the Human Brain Ventricles are the 4 cavities in the brain. • The ventricles of the brain are a communicating network of cavities filled with cerebrospinal
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the 17 year old to memorize what they had dreamt of the previous night. 2.To do cognitive thinking; To remember and think of an answer quickly when a question is given: Cerebrum and Hippocampus Cerebrum: The cerebrum is the thinking part of the brain and it controls your voluntary muscles‚ ones that move when you want them to. Hippocampus: plays important roles in the understanding of information from short-term memory to long-term memory and navigation to places. 3. When underclassmen stress
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Concussions and Developing Brains Mild traumatic brain injuries (TBI)‚ otherwise known as concussions‚ occur in people from infants to senior citizens. A concussion occurs when a person’s head suffers a sudden impacting force‚ usually a blow to the head‚ and the brain gains momentum in the free space between it and the skull‚ and slams into the skull. Concussions are characterized by a sudden loss of brain function‚ and other emotional‚ intellectual‚ and behavioral changes. In today’s youth football
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