speak here today. I would like to share with you some information on drugs and how they affect the brain. Unfortunately‚ I have personal experience with this. My best friend has an uncle who abuses heroin‚ cocaine‚ and methamphetamines. I witnessed first-hand what this disease is doing to my friend and his family. My late uncle died at age 45 of alcoholism‚ but that’s another story. Here’s just a little anatomy and physiology on how the brain works. You are who you are because of your brain. Using
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Associate Level Material Appendix A Meditation Worksheet Directions: Locate two resources on the Internet that explain meditation techniques. Enter the name of each website into the matrix‚ then copy and paste the web address. After reviewing the website‚ provide a brief summary for each source. Below your summary‚ list two interesting facts you learned from each site. Try the techniques you located in your Internet search. Provide a brief description of what happened in your experience
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Drug Trafficking in the United States ENG 122 English Composition II Can the war on drug trafficking actually be won? Absolutely not‚ the war on drug trafficking will never be won. “Drug trafficking in the United States is the most lucrative business in this country”. But can the war on drugs be won? Many believe that America is winning the war on drugs‚ and numerous believe that it’s a losing battle. Statistical data shows that drug abuse and trafficking has declined‚
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Hypnosis in Psychology Throughout the history of this country‚ hypnosis has been dismissed as a form of gimmickry. Contrary to this‚ for centuries numerous cultures have used hypnosis as a means of mental and spiritual healing. Hypnosis is defined as an induced trance-like state in which one is highly susceptible to suggestions‚ or commands. There are three commonly known methods of hypnosis. Two of which‚ the authoritarian and standardized approaches‚ are generally considered non-beneficial
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I’d Rather Be Sleeping General Purpose: To inform Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about sleep disorders. Central Idea: Today I want to inform you on sleep disorders. First I will talk about insomnia. Second I will talk about sleep apnea‚ and finally I will talk about narcolepsy. Introduction Attention Getter: Do you know that awesome feeling when you get into bed‚ fall right to sleep‚ stay asleep all night‚ and wake up feeling refreshed? Well‚ me neither. I. According to The Institute
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Definition Description Consciousness Our awareness of ourselves and our environment (can take different forms) Cognitive neuroscience The interdisciplinary study of the brain activity linked with cognition (including perception‚ thinking‚ memory and language) Dual processing The principle that information is often simultaneously processed on separate conscious (deliberate‚ high road) and unconscious (automatic‚ low road) tracks. Selective attention The focusing of conscious awareness on
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Consciousness Odds are that you have‚ at one point or another‚ experienced oppression. Odds are also that you have been the oppressor at times‚ whether you’ve realized it or not. Pedagogy of the oppressed by Paulo Freire‚ does a clever and fantastic way of explaining how we’ve come to the duality of being both the oppressed and oppressor and how we can break away from it‚ as humanly as possible. In the attempt to break way from what we’ve been constructed to be‚ one most be conscious. Conscious
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functioning difficult to wake peaks at 11 years‚ happens in 40% of children Sleep talking non-REM sleep more common in children than adults talking: monotone or loud doesn’t really disrupt the person who is doing it‚ just those around them Night Terrors Stages 3 and 4 Wake in a panic‚ screaming‚ breathing rapidly‚ increased heart rate NOT preceded by nightmares Person doesn’t remember it the next morning Affects children ages 4-12 (3-7%
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Hypnosis has always been a controversial technique in therapy‚ but the research that has been done to discover the benefits of this method has exposed evidence that can prove it’s validity in helping patients. According to the study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Science‚ using brain-scan images proved that hypnosis can cause a modification in the cognitive activity in the subjects which allows them to perform certain functions with a heightened concentration. In the study‚ the
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seminar slides it states that since society is corrupt‚ then so is law enforcement. I don’t think just because society is corrupted means that all police office departments are corrupt‚ but it’s all about what type of people you have working for you as a police officer. I think if society protected illegal drug users under the “Americans with Disabilities Act”‚ then more and more people will start to claim that they have a disability just to get the drugs they want. In the book it states that “Within
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