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    brain drain

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    Brain Drain refers to the emigration (out-migration) of knowledgeable‚ well-educated and skilled professionals from their home country to another country. This can take place because of several factors. The most obvious is the availability of better job opportunities in the new country. Other factors that can cause brain drain include: war or conflict‚ health risks‚ and political instability. Brain drain occurs most commonly when individuals leave less developed countries (LDCs) with fewer opportunities

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    Brain Plasticity

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    Brain Plasticity Brain Development‚ Plasticity‚ and Behavior by Bryan Kolb felt that the anatomical effects and behavioral effects were associated with damage to an infant’s brain. Over a half a million people in the world suffer from brain injury a year. These injuries can lead to permanent disorders in perception‚ movement‚ language‚ and personality. (Kolb‚ 1989) There were several approaches in his research. The first approach was studying the operations of a normal brain. The second was

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    Split Brain

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    Discuss the implications of the of the split-brain procedure (severing of the corpus callosum) for the understanding of the connections between the left and right hemisphere. The first known split-brain surgical procedure performed on humans’ was in the early 1940’s by Van Wagenen and Herren‚ in which both intended to control seizures of patients who suffered intractable epilepsy (Francois Boller‚ Jordan Graffman‚ 2000). The procedure performed by Van Wagenen and Herren was based on the speculation

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    Brain Facts

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    to BrainFacts.org A PRIMER ON THE BRAIN AND NERVOUS SYSTEM A PRIMER ON THE BRAIN AND NERVOUS SYSTEM A companion to BrainFacts.org A PUBLIC INFORMATION INITIATIVE OF: P r e fa c e Over the past two decades‚ scientific knowledge about the structure and function of the brain and nervous system and understanding of brain-based disorders have increased exponentially. Neuroscientists are using remarkable new tools and technologies to learn how the brain controls and responds to the body‚

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    * Emotional and Social Development * Health and Physical Development * Approaches to learning * Language Development and Communication * Cognitive Development When talking about social and emotional development‚ social and emotional milestones are often harder to pinpoint than signs of health and physical development. This area emphasizes many skills that increase self-awareness and self-regulation. Research shows that social skills and emotional development (reflected in the ability

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    Early Childhood Education: Impact on Cognitive and Social Development Liberty University COUN 502 Human Growth and Development Dr. David W. Appleby Jennifer M. Wallace October 8‚ 2012 Abstract There has been a great deal of research conducted in the subject matter of early childhood education. During the preschool years‚ the human brain is growing rapidly and extremely sensitive to new information. Researchers have conducted studies in an effort to show a correlation between enrollment

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    Brain Perfusion

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    The goal of this thesis was to show that brain perfusion SPECT can help to clarify important issues regarding the prodromal MCI stage of AD and relapsing NMO. Specifically‚ this thesis shows: 1. That based on recently published literature‚ brain perfusion SPECT is a valid biomarker of neuronal injury in MCI due to AD in both clinical and research settings‚ equivalent to FDG-PET but less expensive and more accessible worldwide (Chapter 2). 2. That brain perfusion SPECT combined with graph theoretical

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    participating in sports. Often times we find ourselves astonished at the skills that some of these athletes can perform. In order to achieve that level of performance we must practice and improve our motor skills. Our focus is on the motor development of throwing from early development to adolescent growth and the injuries and preventions involved. Why is it that children throw the way they do? Genetics‚ extrinsic factors‚ and size play a role in a child’s sequence of events. According to the dynamic systems

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    The brain and concussions

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    The brain and concussions B Y: PA I G E M O R R I S O N & N I C O L E G O R M L E Y Intro Video (Stop @ 2:40) https:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCCD52Pty4A What is a concussion? Concussions are damaged by a bump‚ blow‚ or jolt to the head that can change the way your brain normally works. Evolutionary Advantage Why wood peckers don’t get concussions They have thick neck muscles  Inner eyelids to prevent their eyes from getting shaken out  Spongy bone plates(Make up their very thick skulls)

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    Music and the Brain

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    history has been closely related to music and we all know the emotional impact music has on people’s moods and how moods influence the impression or interpretation of music. So what is it that makes people emotionally respond to music? What parts of the brain fire when listening to certain types of music? Why is it that when you hear a particular song it strikes up a distant memory? Can music help restore some of the abilities in neurological patients? These are some questions that the cognitive neuroscience

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