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    Cerebellum Experiment

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    The cerebellum of the brain‚ the “little brain”‚ is located at the rear of the brainstem. The tissue is folded into itself several times and each layer helps with the organization on the mind. It is clear that the cerebellum has an essential job because over time it has grown‚ by studying fossilized skulls it has been exposed that the cerebellum has increased to three times its size over the past million years. This small lump of tissue was first discussed by Ray S. Snider in an article written

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    Course Project- Disease Summary Stephanie Kinnunen Rasmussen College This paper is being submitted on April 27‚ 2015‚ for Ethan Anderson’s G150 Structure and Function of the Human Body course. Course Project- Disease Summary When somebody is having a trouble remembering things or having trouble communicating with others they might have dementia. Dementia is a condition that has affected the human brain. When there is damage to the brain and can end up in a head injury or a stroke is when

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    Unit 40 Dementia Care

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    Describe the different form of dementia and the signs and symptoms. Dementia Dementia is the name for a group of symptoms which arise from different disease that affect the brain. The brain is made up of millions of brain cells which send messages to each other. These messages tell the individual everything they need to know to cope with everyday life‚ such as how to move‚ what they are seeing‚ how to speak. They also store memories and control emotions - such as laughing and crying. In someone

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    Robert J. Zatorre‚ Joyce L. Chang‚ and Virginia B. Penhune assert in their article “When the Brain Plays Music: Auditory–Motor Interactions in Music Perception and Productions‚” that the premotor cortex (PMC) is involved in both direct and indirect auditory–motor interactions. To further understand the different parts of their assertion‚ they divide the PMC into two parts: ventral premotor cortex (vPMC) and dorsal premotor cortex (dPMC). According to their observations‚ the vPMC is involved in what

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    Brain Development

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    Look around you; Everyone looks different‚ on the outside‚ but have you ever thought that their brain may look different as well? The brain can be changed by many different factors‚ some of which have negative effects on how your brain functions. These effects could have been and can be prevented‚ others you‚ or your parents‚ have no control over. Preventable or not‚ the brain physically and functionally is affected by many different factors‚ some of which include: gender‚ learning disabilities and

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    “So plastic is your brain that even if you were born with half of it‚ you would still be able to live a relatively normal life.” The quote suggest that the brain is indeed able to adapt to carry out all necessary function with what it has‚ even if it’s only half of it. This means the brain is in essence able to change its structure to maximize what it has and accommodate all higher function as well as the basic. “…relatively normal…” suggest that despite its adaptation‚ those born with half a brain

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    In this assignment the writer will discuss how young people are susceptible to the severe and persistent mental illness of Schizophrenia. This mental illness is a debilitating brain disorder ‚ with onset in late adolescence and early adulthood (DSM-IV-TR‚ 2000). To get a clearer perception of this illness the author will use a case study to illustrate how this disorder is understood. John is fifteen year old youth on his second admission to hospital. John was diagnosed with early on-set of schizophrenia

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    How the Brain Works

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    HOW THE BRAIN WORKS Everything we do‚ every thought we have is produced by the human brain. Despite the brains intelligence it can still be fooled by a simple magic trick. Also according to the video I watched its shows how a magnetic wind can control a human body and their speech when attached to the head. Brains are like finger prints and they are totally different as everybody. Exactly how the brain operates remains one of the biggest mysteries. Tyson‚ who is the movie interpreter‚ went to Las

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    Secrets of the Mind

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    Rufus Bryant National American University Composition I-WI12-EN1150 Final Draft Secrets of the Mind This summary is based on a video series‚ found on YouTube‚ depicting the findings of neurologist‚ Dr. V.S. Ramachandran. Ramachandran is noted for his use of experimental methods that rely relatively little on complex technologies such as neuroimaging. According to Ramachandran‚ "too much of the Victorian sense of adventure [in science] has been lost." In the case of Derek Steen‚ who is suffering

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    Mirror Neurons

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    In class were briefly touched on the subject of mirror neurons‚ which are neurons that fire when an animal acts or observes the same action done by another. We learned that these neurons exist primarily in the ventral premotor cortex F5 areas of a monkey’s brain. Experiments proved that neurons in the VPC F5 area fire when a monkey does an action‚ but also fire when a monkey watches a human do the same action. However‚ when the monkey watches the human just carry out the motions of the action‚ not

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