Frontotemporal dementia is a group of disorders caused by progressive cell degeneration in the brain’s frontal lobes or its temporal lobes. The cell damage caused by frontotemporal dementia leads to tissue shrinkage and reduced function in the brain’s frontal and temporal lobes‚ which control planning and judgment; emotions‚ speaking and understanding speech and certain types of movement. In those younger than age 65‚ FTD may account for up to 20 to 50 percent of dementia cases. People usually develop
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Essay 1 The frontal lobe lies just behind the forehead‚ and is involved in speaking and muscle movements as well as making plans and judgments. Anna utilized her frontal lobe when speaking to her friends about colleges‚ planning visits to various campuses‚ and while judging each school. In order for Anna to choose the school that is right for her it is important that she take action with use of her frontal lobe. The corpus callosum is the large band of neural fibers connecting the two brain hemispheres
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If each of the following brain parts individually was damaged‚ what would be the consequence and why? Hippocampus‚ hypothalamus‚ cerebellum‚ reticular formation‚ medulla Hippocampus is important for forming lasting memories. The hippocampus lies inside the temporal lobes‚ which is why stimulating the temporal lobes can produce memory like or dream like experiences. Hippocampus damage can result in anterograde amnesia which is the loss of ability to form new memories. Someone who sustains an
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The Television impact on us… T.V the electronic machine is considered as a big revolution in our life ‚ which can easily go around the world by changing or just by clicking the remote control there is no daut that nobody have TV in this days not only one in the house but one in each room. I agree that TV is a good resources to get information but not everything TV gives us is good. Today we are going to speak about the negative impact of TV on us specially children in our age and below. First
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Melissa Ingrassia PSYC201 4/4/13 “The Case of the Fallen Athlete” 1. The left hemisphere because strokes affecting the left hemisphere causes the right side of your body to become paralyzed and difficulty with your speech and communication. 2. An fMRI can identify the exact location and extent of the damage the stroke caused on Tim’s brain. 3. There are other ways Physicians can view the damage of Tim’s brain for instance there are two hemisphere of the brain that control different
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Psychology - Neuroplasticity Less than fifteen years ago‚ it was a known fact that the neural connections in the adult brain were hard-wired and the specific neurons in each brain area were only for that region’s form and function. Neuroscientists also believed that brain injury resulted in permanent loss of function because new neurons could not be created. In 1990‚ President George H. Bush‚ observing that "a new era of discovery is dawning in brain research" proclaimed the decade beginning
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Taylor’s Journey to Nirvana Silence. It’s something that very few people actually experience in their lifetime. Jill Bolte Taylor is one of the few lucky individuals who have experienced silence. In her talk “My Stroke of Insight‚” Taylor tells the audience of how she was able to experience silence in her mind. Jill Bolte Taylor spent many years of her life researching the brain‚ which is when she discovered the differences between the left and right brain. The left brain thinks methodically‚ making
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Title: Midterm Examination TREX 1001 In partial requirement for TREX 1001 Mythbuster’s Prepared By: Lex Brown Prepared For: Dr. Rich Miller 10/19/2013 1. Feelings can affect the decision making of a person drastically. Sometimes this affect can be positives‚ whereas at other times it is not. The most common instance in which emotions can get the best of a person’s actions or decision making that I can think of is sports. In sports emotions can be both a positive and a negative when it
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Biological Basis of Behavior William James- mental activity is also physiological activity Neuron- basic unit of the nervous system *Each neuron is a living cell with a nucleus and other parts common to all cells. Three main parts of the neuron: 1. Dendrites: the receiving part of the nucleus 2. Cell body (Soma): The processing part Electrochemical Transmission 3. Axon: the transmitting part Normal habit change: Doing the same behavior over and over again (same neurons being used over and over)
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Questions 4222-237/DEM 201 Dementia Awareness Outcome 1 1. Explain what is meant by the term ‘dementia’ Dementia is a long term condition that mainly affects people over the age of 65 although there are forms of dementia that can affect people younger than this. The term dementia covers a range of symptoms‚ the combination of which depends on the type of dementia and the parts of the brain that are affected. 2. Explain what the key functions of the brain are that are affected by dementia Frontal
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