Human multitasking is the best performance by an individual of appearing to handle more than one task at the same time. The term is derived from computer multitasking. An example of multitasking is taking phone calls while typing an email. Some believe that multitasking can result in time wasted due to human context switching and apparently causing more errors due to insufficient attention. Etymology The term "multitasking" originated in the computer engineering industry.[1] It refers to the
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Phineas Gage is a famous and well-known name in the world of psychology and neurological studies. He made a mark in history‚ on September 13‚ 1848‚ when this 25 year old man tragically survived a severe brain injury at a work site‚ acting as an ignition: sparking up the interest of many in the study of neurology and psychology. Phineas had a rod at 3ft 8 inches in length and 1.25 inch in diameter (Costandi‚ 2006) penetrate into his head‚ tearing right through his front part of his head. This accident
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Teen Violence” tries to explain how feeding your children a rich diet of fish can prevent them from having violent outbreaks later on in their life. It tries to explain when young children are fed a great deal of omega-3‚ will help stabilize the frontal cortex of the brain and children will make better decisions with their lives when they are in their late teens and early twenties. They say that these omega-3 fatty acids help teens reduce their urge to have a violent outbreak and they will be more
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pregnancy‚ as well as other obstetrical complications have been linked to ADHD in children. Babies with low birth weight may have an increased risk of ADHD. The same is true for children who have had head injuries‚ particularly an injury to the frontal lobe. Young children who are exposed to lead or other environmental toxins such as PCBs or pesticides early in life may also have a higher risk of ADHD. ADHD always begins in childhood. For some people‚ though‚ ADHD is not diagnosed until adulthood
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Critically evaluate to what extent the ‘somatic-marker hypothesis’ explains how decisions are made in the face of an uncertain outcome. In mind of Kim Sterelny’s (2007) statement that ‘Human Life is one long decision tree’‚ it is not surprising that there has been a vast amount of research into the process of how we evaluate the desirability of alternative choices and select a particular option. One area of research‚ of particular interest here‚ is Damasio’s Somatic Marker Hypothesis (SMH) (1991)
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Adolescent Brain Maturation and Cortical Folding: Evidence for Reductions in Gyrification Daniel Klein1‚2‚ Anna Rotarska-Jagiela1‚ Erhan Genc1‚2‚ Sharmili Sritharan1‚2‚ Harald Mohr3‚4‚ Frederic Roux1‚2‚ Cheol E. Han5‚ Marcus Kaiser5‚6‚ Wolf Singer1‚2‚7‚ Peter J. Uhlhaas1‚2‚8* 1 Department of Neurophysiology‚ Max-Planck Institute for Brain Research‚ Frankfurt am Main‚ Germany‚ 2 Ernst Stru¨ngmann Institute (ESI) for Neuroscience in Cooperation with Max Planck Society‚ Frankfurt am Main‚ Germany‚ 3
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Aly Beall Speech Date: Wednesday March 28‚ 2012 Informative Speech Introduction A. Attention Getter- Slap ruler on desk and yell “STOP DAYDREAMING AND PAY ATTENTION!!!!!!!!!!” B. Credibility- Being A.D.H.D.‚ I hear that a lot from my teachers. I have them clap their hands in front of my face or shake my desk to get me to pay attention. C. Common Ground- I’m sure everyone has had a story like one of mine‚ you were innocently daydreaming and in your own subconscious world‚ when you were rudely
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museums including the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM)‚ Toul Slen Genocide Museum in Cambodia‚ or the Nanjing Massacre Memorial Museum in eastern China‚ we may very well be jeopardizing society by desensitization and rebellion. The frontal lobes are responsible for this because this is where memories are accessed and decision making is made. It is dangerous to expose certain people to these sites mainly because in this “control center”‚ higher mental functions are taking place in respect
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areas; Wernicke’s area allows us to understand words spoken to us and Broca’s area allows us to speak to others. This information is transferred to Wernicke’s area which is involved in the comprehension of spoken language and the inferior parietal lobe‚ that recognize the phonemic segmentation and played it along with the prefrontal cortex‚ interpret those sounds. We can call the Wernicke´s área with another names: knowledge area‚ general interpretative area‚ tertiary association area. It is important
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the article say that they’re over 100‚000 reported concussion cases in student athletes ranging from high school to college football‚ along with a lengthy paragraph stating what the outcomes happen due to the effects of a concussion. Stating that frontal lobe development might slow down or stop entirely making simple problem solving skills and emotional control a lot harder on for the individual in life‚ due to this
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