Kim Peek was born November 11‚ 1951. The doctors told his parents he was mentally retarded at birth and wouldn’t live past the age of fourteen. They were told to just put him in an institution and forget about him but luckily they did not. By the age of three‚ Peek taught himself the alphabet and how to read. Unfortunately‚ in 1975 his mother past away and that left Peek with his father‚ Fran. Peek was so unique that he could memorize as many as eight books a day and read each page within 8 seconds
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when a person is “high.” In Vannatta’s article‚ “Why Marijuana Makes Music Sound So Much Better‚” she explains the psychological effects and reasons of why that “high” feeling you get makes music more enjoyable. According to her article‚ “The corpus callosum connects the two hemispheres of the brain. THC‚ the active ingredient in marijuana credited with the “high” sensation‚ attaches to cannabinoid receptors‚ located
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hemosphere and work with her fraternal twin Rightogal. Leftogal and her sister Rightogal oversee Brainyville. Twins‚ separated at birth‚ Leftogal lives to protect the left side of the brain and now only communicates to her fraternal sister through the corpus collosum tunnel in the middle of town. Though the twins work stronger together their relationship isn’t as connected as most twins‚ but they both understand their separate purposes and functions as superheros working to protect Brainyville. Leftogal
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II. BIOLOGY AND BEHAVIOR Objective II.1 Identify the basic components of the neuron. Key Terms neuron dendrites axon cell body (soma) Exercises 1. What is a neuron? Neurons are individual cells in the nervous system that receive‚ integrate‚ and transmit information 2. Label each part of the neuron. 1.Soma 2.Dendrites 3.Myelin sheath 4.Axon [pic] Objective II.2 Define action potential
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BRAIN STRUCTURES‚ ETYMOLOGY and FUNCTIONS STRUCTURE |ETYMOLOGY|FUNCTION| Prefrontal Cortex (or Frontal Lobe) |Frontal-1650s‚ of the forehead; From Modern Latin frontalis‚ from front-‚ stem of frons "brow‚ forehead." Lobe-Early 15c.‚ "a lobe of the liver or lungs‚" from Middle French lobe and directly from Medieval Latin lobus‚ from Late Latin lobus "hull‚ husk‚ pod."|The gray matter of the anterior part of the frontal lobe that plays a role in the regulation of complex cognitive
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What is FAS/FASD? Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) is a set of physical and mental birth defects that can result when a woman drinks alcohol during her pregnancy. When a pregnant woman drinks alcohol‚ such as beer‚ wine‚ or mixed drinks‚ so does her baby. Alcohol passes through the placenta right into the developing baby. The baby may suffer lifelong damage as a result. FAS is characterized by brain damage‚ facial deformities‚ and growth deficits. Heart‚ liver‚ and kidney defects also are common‚ as
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Chapter 2 Outline The Biological Perspective Neuron A specialized cell transmitting nerve impulses; a nerve cell Dendrites Dendrites are treelike extensions at the beginning of a neuron that help increase the surface area of the cell body and are covered with synapses Soma The soma is the cell body of a neuron. Axon The Axon of a neuron is a singular fiber that carries information away from the soma to the synaptic sites of other neurons (dendrites and somas)‚ muscles‚ Glial
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in 1981 for his discoveries concerning the functional specialization of the cerebral hemispheres. The brain is divided into two hemispheres‚ the left and right‚ connected in the middle by a bridge known as the corpus callosum. People who suffered from epilepsy would sometimes have their corpus collosum severed
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of responses controlled by each. 7. What is lateralization and how are body functions affected by it? 8. Describe the principle of contralateral organization. 9. List the 4 lobes of each hemisphere and its basic functions. 10. What is the corpus callosum? What happens if it is cut? 11. What is the conjunctiva? 12. List the function and location of the following structures: sclera‚ cornea‚ choroid‚ ciliary body‚ iris‚ lens‚ retina and pupil. 13. Differentiate between the aqueous and vitreous
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