Outline Spinal Cord‚ Spinal Nerves‚ Somatic Reflexes-Chapter 13 Reflexes- they are involuntary stereotyped responses to stimuli‚ they involve the brain‚ spinal cord‚ and peripheral nerves Spinal cord- cylinder nervous tissue that begins at the foramen magnum and passes through the vertebral canal as far as the inferior margin of the first lumbar vertebrae (L1)‚ 18 inches long and ½ inches wide Anterior Median Fissure- in the front‚ deeper Posterior Median Sulcus- in the back‚ shallow ▪Two Enlargements
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The brain‚ unlike the heart is the most important part of the body‚ it weighs up to three pounds and comprises the hefty cerebrum‚ cerebellum‚ and the brainstem. The cerebrum which is the largest portion performs all higher cognitive functions. The cerebellum is responsible for motor functions‚ such as the coordination of movement and balance. The brain stem is dedicated to involuntary functions such as breathing. The brain is comprised of the cerebrum‚ cerebellum‚ and brain stem The largest part
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The article in which I chose to examine is called Right Brain‚ Left Brain: Fact and Fiction‚ written by Jerre Levy. In the past fifteen years or so there has been a lot of talk of left brain and right brain people. Levy’s reason for righting this article was clearly to stop the misconceptions and show the truth about how our brain hemispheres operate. Levy first explores the myth of the left brain and right brain theory. She states that generally people see the left hemisphere of the
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Running Header Tina Waller Case Study Psychology 210-B01 Rhonda Harris Jan. 29‚ 2014 Case Study The case study is on a six year old boy that brought a gun to school and shot another classmate. The two children had a scuffle the day before the incident happened. After the six year old boy shot his classmate he threw the gun down and took off running out of the room to hide. He did not act like he did anything wrong after the incident took place he was calm and drawing pictures
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Chapter Two Neuroscience and Biological Foundations Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons‚ Inc. All rights reserved. Mythbusters: True or False? ① Our brains are hardwired and cannot be rewired. ② Most people are either leftbrained or right-brained. ③ When we learn something new our brain becomes more wrinkled. ④ We generally use only 10 percent of our‚ brain. ⑤ Brain damage is always permanent. ⑥ The human brain is the largest in the animal kingdom. ⑦ People remain conscious several minutes after
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Sexual Orientation and Identity Sexual orientation and identity are predominant constituents of human personality. In fact‚ it is impossible to think about personality as independent of sexual characteristics. This is because the personality of an individual is largely determined by gender and sexual orientation‚ as well as what that individual regards as appropriate behavior in terms of gender. There are certain sexual aspects that determine an individual’s sexuality. These are: Sexual
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for reality-based and logical thinking. Right hemisphere of the brain: -emotional‚ visual-spatial‚ nonverbal -thinking processes using the right brain are intuitive‚ subjective‚ relational‚ holistic and time-free * corpus callosum: connector between the two hemisphere Each hemisphere gathers in the same sensory information but handles the information on different ways. One hemisphere may take over and inhibit the other in processing information or the task may be divided
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Music is not just huge illuminated concerts and hanging out with friends on a saturday night. Several of studies have found that music can benefit your health as well. Music activates certain parts of the brain such as the motor cortex and corpus callosum along with stimulating the production of alpha and theta waves in the brain. “Big bursts of alpha brain waves induce creativity. Similarly‚ theta brainwaves are associated with the process of dreaming‚ states of enhanced creativity‚ learning‚
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Chris Erickson Informative Outline Topic: Music Influence General Purpose: To inform Specific Purpose: To inform the audience about music and how it influences our lives Thesis: Knowing Music or playing an instrument has a lot of positive effects over people. I. Introduction A. Attention Getter: Show of hands. How many people have music on their ipads? (kids raise hands). Well this equates to an incredibly fastgrowing industryThe music business B. Reason to listen: Music has made a huge impact on our lives
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Chapter 3 review components of a neuron (i.e.‚ dendrites‚ axons‚ terminal buttons) dendrites A branched fiber that extends outward from the main cell body and carries information into the neuron. axon In a nerve cell‚ an extended fiber that conducts information from the soma to the terminal buttons. Information travels along the axon in the form of an electric charge called the action potential. terminal buttons Tiny bulblike structures at the end of the axon‚ which contain neurotransmitters
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