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    The Behaving Brain

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    The Behaving Brain: Video Response The video put the chapter into visual perspective for me in terms of learning about our brain structure and it’s different parts. The video describes the three important jobs our neurons do: receive information from other cells‚ process information‚ and transmit it to the rest of the body. Without our neurons we would have no brain activity. All behavior begins with an action from a neuron. First the brain gathers information from the receptors and spread it

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    Meditation and the Brain

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    Meditation and the Brain Caitlin Scofield BACK-STORY "It is the face of our shadow that stares at us from across the iron curtain." - Jung        I have never known nor feigned to know what it is I step into when I step forward. Last night I happened upon a question that shook me and left an unsettling feeling in my bones‚ like a call to look in‚ to traverse through darkness unarmed. I was beckoned to seek the meaning of my life. I have a way of intellectualizing things‚ of making them

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    between the two brains is in a loop that a start in the front of the brain‚ the loop includes; the parahippocampalgyrus‚ the amygdala and several other parts of the brain that are tied to emotion and impulse control. Under certain circumstances these parts of the brain would light up drastically on a “normal” person’s MRI scan‚ but would not light up at all on a psychopath’s MRI scan. Researchers‚ at King’s College London’s Institute of Psychiatry‚ say “the differences in psychopaths’ brains mark them

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    Brain Dead

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    pull plug or not? What is Brain Dead? By definition Brain Dead is when the entire brain‚ including the brain stem‚ has lost all function. Furthermore‚ the upper part of the brain‚ the cerebrum‚ is involved in all conscious functions including sensation‚ movement‚ memory‚ thought and personality. The brain stem is the lower part of the brain and it controls basic vital functions such as wakefulness‚ breathing‚ heart rate‚ blood pressure and temperature. The brain is held in a bony skull and has

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    Brain Drain

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    Brain Drain With the growing trend of immigration‚ many problems continue to arise. Specifically‚ people who are qualified medical practitioners are moving from their poor home countries to work in wealthier and better-developed ones. This phenomenon is known as “brain drain.” According to Dictionary.com‚ “brain drain” is “a loss of trained professional personnel to another company‚ nation…that offers greater opportunity.” Poor countries suffer from significant “brain drain” of their health professionals

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    Lobes of the Brain

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    The lobes of the brain. The cerebral cortex maybe be broken up into four lobes. Each lobe is named after the bones of the skull that cover them. In the very front is the frontal lobe‚ and behind that is the parietal lobe. At the very back of the brain we find the occipital lobe. And curving around each side of the brain we find the temporal lobe. Because the brain is made of two hemispheres there are pairs of each lobe. Frontal lobe: The most forward of the four lobes of the cerebral cortex

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    Adolescent's Brain

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    makes a lot of differences one of which is to the brain itself. There are many ways the adolescent’s brain is different from an adults. One reason that an adolescent’s brain is different from an adults is that a child’s brain is not fully developed. Most adolescents have a lack of impulse control. They cannot resist things that are tempting. If one of their friends is doing something risky that may harm themselves and

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    A Tour of the Brain

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    A Tour of the Brain XXXXXXXXXXXXX Rasmussen College Author Note This paper is being submitted on XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX General Psychology. A Tour of the Brain The brain is the control center of the human body. It is protected by the skull and is made up of three main parts‚ the cerebrum‚ the cerebellum and the Brainstem. The brain is the boss of the body‚ it runs the show and controls just about everything one does‚ even when one’s asleep. (Kidshealth‚ n.d.) During this

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    Brain Dissection

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    Mammalian Brain Dissection Purpose: The purpose of dissecting the sheep brain is to learn the structure of the brain. We must learn a brains structure to help us learn its functions‚ because they are very important and part of the Central Nervous System. We must learn the Central Nervous System to learn how it communicates between different parts of the body and the body’s interactions with the environment because it is a California standard.   Analysis Questions: 1.) What observable features

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    Anatomy of the Brain

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    Anatomy and Physiology The main components of the brain—the cerebrum‚ the cerebellum‚ diencephalon and the brainstem—have distinct functions. The Cerebrum Is the largest and most developmentally advanced part of the human brain. It is responsible for several higher functions‚ including higher intellectual function‚ speech‚ emotion‚ integration of sensory stimuli of all types‚ initiation of the final common pathways for movement‚ and fine control of movement. The cerebrum is divided into a right

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