The brain is split into the left and right hemispheres. Different brain areas are divided by deep grooves called sulci.There are nine parts of the human brain. These nine parts are the Broca’s area‚ Cerebellum‚ Cerebrum‚ Frontal lobe‚ Motor area‚ Occipital lobe‚ Parietal lobe‚ sensory area‚ and temporal lobe. The brain is split into the left and right hemispheres. Different brain areas are divided by deep grooves called Sulci. There are five key parts of the brain that controls the function of your
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“The teen brain is only about 80 percent of the way to maturity. That 20 percent gap‚ where the wiring is thinnest‚ is crucial and goes a long way toward explaining why teenagers’ behave in such puzzling ways- their mood swings‚ irritability‚ impulsiveness and explosiveness: their inability to focus‚ to follow through‚ and to connect with adults; their temptations to use drugs and alcohol and to engage in other risky behavior. When we think of ourselves as civilized‚ intelligent adults‚ we really
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capable when compared to our brains simply because they can perform calculations thousands of time faster‚ workout logical computations without error and store memory at incredible speeds with flawless accuracy. But is the the computer really superior to the human brain in terms of ability ‚ processing power and adaptability ? We now give you the real comparison. Processing Power and Speed The human brain - We can only estimate the processing power of the average human brain as there is no way to measure
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Abstract Drugs some use them to escape pain‚ others use them for pleasure‚ and some use them to just fit in. Either way drugs are a harmful substance that may seriously affect the body. Drugs mess with the brain in ways that we couldn’t even imagine. From destroying brain cells that help with critical thinking to destroying cells that give us the ability to feel pleasure. Drugs take the place of our natural body functions of the body. They fool receptors of the body and make it to where
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The brain has a specialized vasculature that extends from the surface to deep within the brain tissue‚ reaching all regions in order to meet the brain’s high metabolic demands. Exposures to toxic compounds entering the blood have the potential to access this vasculature leaving the brain susceptible to possible neurotoxicity. Currently‚ there are over 200 known chemicals that have been correlated with neurotoxicity. A protective mechanism called the blood brain barrier (BBB) was first discovered
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Your Brain on Food S This page intentionally left blank Your Brain on Food How Chemicals Control Your Thoughts and Feelings Gary L. Wenk‚ PhD Departments of Psychology and Neuroscience and Molecular Virology‚ Immunology and Medical Genetics The Ohio State University Columbus‚ OH 1 2010 1 Oxford University Press‚ Inc.‚ publishes works that further Oxford University’s objective of excellence in research‚ scholarship‚ and education. Oxford New York Auckland Cape Town
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when the brain is most sensitive to environmental input. Playing a musical instrument entails the acquisition and maintenance a wide range of skills‚ such as reading complex musical notes‚ coordinating hands and eyes movement‚ and memorizing long musical pieces. As a result‚ music training can boost one’s attention‚ memory‚ and executive functions. Previous research has demonstrated that intense musical training can result in plastic changes in the developing brain as well as the adult brain (Wan &
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presentation: Change Your Brain‚ Change Your Life did just that. I found Dr. Amen’s presentation to be very informative and I gathered a plethora of knowledge on the human brain that I had no prior knowledge of. I was particularly intrigued by the SPECT scans which looks at blood flow and activity patterns in the brain. I was not aware that you could improve the health of your brain in as little as two months. I was of the view that you cannot repair damage done to the brain but only prevent future
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of the unique characteristics of the human brain requires studying the brain of other living primate species. In other words‚ a specific evolutionary change in the human brain cannot be inferred to be unique to the human lineage unless other species sharing a last common ancestor don’t have it. That being said‚ Rilling emphasizes the role of comparative neuroimaging to investigate the similarities and differences between human and non-human primate brains‚ and highlights the different imaging techniques
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“In order to understand what the brain does‚ it is first necessary to understand what it is – to know the names and locations of its major parts and how they are connected to one another” (Pinel‚ 2011. p. 51). The five major structures that compose the brain are labeled as myelencephalon‚ metencephalon‚ mesencephalon‚ diencephalon‚ and telencephalon. These major structures are what create the adult forebrain‚ midbrain‚ and the hindbrain. First‚ the myelencephalon is also known as the medulla
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