The Brain and Reflex Behaviors The growth of the brain is a lifelong process fundamental to physical‚ cognitive‚ and emotional development. Building of the brain The functions of the brain and the reflexes derive from the central nervous system. The central nervous system is located in the brain and the spinal cord‚ which is a bundle of nerves running through the backbone. The nervous cord in spine then branches out into a peripheral network of nerves extending to every part of the body
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Neurotransmitters are brain chemicals that transmit information throughout our brain and body. They transmit nerve signals electrically and chemically between neurons. Neurotransmitters can affect mood‚ sleep‚ concentration and weight. The two kinds of neurotransmitters are: inhibitory and excitatory which‚ respectively‚ calm and stimulate the brain. Dopamine is an inhibitory neurotransmitter so when dopamine reaches the receptor sites‚ it blocks the neuron from firing. Dopamine is produced in multiple
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said that he had two viewpoints. One was to talk to her and try to date her and another much darker‚ how her head would look on a stick. Studies have found a link between damage to the brain’s frontal lobe and changes in the amygdala in criminal serial killers. Scientists say that damage to the frontal lobe‚ the hypothalamus and limbic system can cause extreme aggresion‚ lose control‚ and poor
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Sometimes‚ people that are younger than the age of 18 have good political opinions as well. Those teenagers are left unheard‚ because they are not of legal age for political voting when it comes to electing a president. Denying them the right to vote denies them a voice in our democracy. Most people around me believe that the voting age should also be lowered‚ and each of them care more about politics than most of the adults we know. If teenagers were able to vote‚ then there wouldn’t be a controversial
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Schizophrenia affects thought and emotion and the person being affected loses contact with reality. It is often confused with DID‚ which is multiple personalities. Schizophrenia is better described as one personality that is broken up. It affects people’s levels of functioning and over half of the people affected have serious disabilities. However‚ today many people with schizophrenia are able to function in the world and may need to only go to the hospital periodically for treatment. Most researches
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Adderall is an amphetamine based stimulant that targets your frontal lobe to increase productivity in cognitive thinking and learning. This drug was invented in 1986 and introduced into the market of prescription drugs four years later. There has been critical research and deep cross examination of the effects and effectiveness of this drug. This is an extremely sensitive topic for everyone all the way from the users to the top of the corporations that are marketing the drug to our youth including
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Does Allowing Teen Children Unrestrained Access to Condoms Promote Bad Behavior? The controversial subject that conveys the opinion that allowing teen children unrestrained access to condoms is promoting bad behavior has been an issue of debate for many years. It is not likely that everyone will ever agree on such an emotionally volatile subject matter. Many people feel that allowing teenager’s access promotes sexual activity and poor decision making; however‚ others feel that it does not promote
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brain that are affected by dementia (201.1.2) The cerebral cortex (the largest part of the brain) is divided into different regions which are known as lobes. Each lobe controls different functions. Temporal lobe – Learning new information‚ recording and storage of verbal memory (such as names)‚ and visual memory (such as faces). Frontal lobe – Organising and planning actions‚ language‚ logic‚ personality‚ regulating behaviour‚ learning tasks‚ theoretical
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more brain effort to tell the lie than to tell the truth‚ Faro found. Lying caused activity in the frontal part of the brain --- the medial inferior and pre-central areas‚ as well as the hippocampus and middle temporal regions and the limbic areas. Some of these are involved in emotional responses‚ Faro said. During a truthful response‚ the fMRI showed activation of parts of the brain’s frontal lobe‚
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that houses our decision making skill is the frontal lobe‚ which is at the front of your head. From what we learned in class the brain develops slowly overtime. Developing from the back to the front and the bottom to the top. Therefore‚ the young adult
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