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    Split Brain

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    Discuss the implications of the of the split-brain procedure (severing of the corpus callosum) for the understanding of the connections between the left and right hemisphere. The first known split-brain surgical procedure performed on humans’ was in the early 1940’s by Van Wagenen and Herren‚ in which both intended to control seizures of patients who suffered intractable epilepsy (Francois Boller‚ Jordan Graffman‚ 2000). The procedure performed by Van Wagenen and Herren was based on the speculation

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    Beauty and Brain

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    well-functioned brain. Like for example‚ joining beauty pageant. People would probably say ’What is beauty if brain is empty’ when judges must asked you a question. So we must study hard to consider ourselves Beauty and Brain. Beauty is not about having a beautiful skin‚ or body. It’s about what’s within. If you have a good and a pleasing personality‚ then you have to consider yourself beautiful from within. In behalf of being beautiful‚ let’s just don’t forget about having a well-functioned brain. Like for

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    Within the brain‚ the main structures that determine mood and behavior are the amygdala‚ the thalamus‚ and the hippocampus. The amygdala is associated with emotions such as anger‚ pleasure‚ sorrow‚ fear‚ and sexual arousal. The thalamus is the region of the brain responsible for speech‚ behavior and movement. The hippocampus helps internalize certain events and creates long-term memory. Recent evidence identifies certain alterations in these areas of the brain in people suffering from depression

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    Brain Teaser

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    second place‚ not first. 9. Neither. Egg yolks are yellow. 10. One. If he combines all his haystacks‚ they all become one big stack. Okay‚ some of these are a bit corny. But they all illustrate several brain idiosyncrasies that affect how we make decisions in the world. Thanks to the way our brain works‚ we have a very strong tendency to see what we want to see and what we expect to see. This has huge implications when studying our customers‚ markets‚ competitors‚ and

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    The Brain on Love

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    article “The Brain on Love” by Diane Ackerman was a very interesting read. The idea of “feeling felt” stood out to me because in my experience‚ there is nothing greater than having someone feel the same way about you as you do them. We spend our entire lives looking for someone who will give us these neurological pick-me-ups and try to stay clear of those who will cause us mental pain. I was also surprised to find that social rejection and physical pain affect the same area of the brain. Although I

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    Brain Myth

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    Brain Myth #1: You only use 10 percent of your brain. Fact: You use your entire brain. The 10% myth has been around for a long time. It is not certain how this falsehood began‚ but it has been strengthened over the past century by misinterpretations of neuroscience discoveries and unsubstantiated quotes by both scientists and laypeople alike. The truth is that we use virtually all of our brain every day. Let’s say‚ for example‚ that as you are reading this article‚ you are eating a sandwich.

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    Some examples of dysfunction during the stanford prison experiment are one of the guys went into the prison experiment. He thought it was going to be an easy way to get money for a summer job and then when he got there he got the role of being a prisoner. He just lost it he started to say that he was going crazy and that something was eating him inside out. He felt like he was going to explode and so the guards reacted by putting him in the hole. Then the guy would still yell and say he wanted out

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    Brain Lab

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    Brain Lab” Questions: 1. Structure Function Frontal Lobe It contains centres for reasoning and movement. Parietal Lobe It is for somatic sensing and taste. Occipital Lobe It is responsible for processing visual information from the eyes. Temporal Lobe It is involved in primary auditory perception‚ such as hearing. Cerebrum (Cerebral Hemisphere) It is the largest part of the brain which is the last centre to receive sensory input and integrate them. It also coordinates the activities of the other

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    The Behaving Brain

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    Travis Sullins Psy. 1010‚ Assignment 1 February 3‚ 2013 The Behaving Brain The Video begins by explaining what we learned in class on Thursday about how the brain is made up of and how it works. It explained that a message will travel down axon then the message travels into the dendrites that release the message into the synapse. The brain becomes the most complex thing in the universe because it controls so many different things in the human body. It regulates our metabolism‚ temperature

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    brains and gender

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    has revealed that the differences between men and women are caused by brain structure differences and they have effects on development of medicine. The research shows the brains of men and women have similarities and differences. This research also has implications for the development of medicine in the future. There are many similarities and differences between the brains of men and women. First‚ they have similarities in brain functions. For example‚ parts of the frontal lobe deal with decision-making

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