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    like an artificial hippocampus by electrically simulating the brain in a specific way to build memories. Its aim is to convert short-term-memory into long-term-memory and just like hippocampus‚ to store it. Berger’s experiment started by teaching a rabbit to engage an audio tone with air puffed

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    then they would get thirsty and there is nothing like washing down a slice pizza with a cold beverage. The hippocampus in the brain is responsible for forming‚ storing‚ and processing memory whether it’s long-term- or short-term. The hippocampus is involved when they socialize about what’s been going in in their lives because the information they are talking about was stored in the hippocampus. It also can be associated with playing cards because you have to remember how to play each particular game

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    Bibliography: Bailey‚ R. (2013). Hippocampus . Retrieved from About.com Biology: http://biology.about.com/od/anatomy/p/hippocampus.htm Brain‚ M. (2013). How sleep works. Retrieved from How stuff works: http://science.howstuffworks.com/life/inside-the-mind/human-brain/sleep1.htm Brain‚ M.‚

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    The hippocampus is involved in memory and learning and has been looked at in several different ways (Leuner‚ et al.‚ 2004). Therefore the hippocampus should be active and improving for these with ASD while being treated with ABA therapy. With increased seasons of ABA therapy‚ there should be more blood flow within the hippocampus than before ABA therapy. This research would look specifically at the children currently

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    was in his mid-forties he was infected by a viral infection encephalitis. It caused brain damage in the hippocampus and after that he was affected with anterograde and retrograde amnesia. His memory lasted from 07-30 seconds and he was unable to create new memories. He could not transfer information from short-term memory to long-term memory. An MRI scan showed that Wearing’s brain’s hippocampus and some of the frontal regions has been damaged because of the viral infection. But he could still conduct

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    Using PET scans‚ researchers can show that early stages of Alzheimer’s disease has a reduction in brain metabolism in hippocampus. Masconi(2005) have developed brain-scan-based computer and found out that in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease there is a reduction in brain metabolism in the hippocampus. He also found out that early signs of reduced metabolism in hippocampus was associated with later development of Alzheimer disease. Therefore‚ PET scan is useful in finding out the early development

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    learning capabilities. The brain is a very complex organ in the body‚ like every activity done throughout your day it is effecting your brain in some way. Exercise does no different. Exercise greatly has an impact on the processes occurring in the hippocampus region. As explained by Mary Carmichael in the newspaper article “Stronger‚ Faster‚ Smarter”‚ The process starts in the muscles. Every time a bicep or quad contracts and releases‚ it sends out chemicals‚ including a protein called IGF-1 that travels

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    The hippocampus is the part of the brain that is responsible for converting information from short-term memory to long-term memory. When a person is experiencing stress‚ a hormone known as cortisol is released is known to have an affect on the hippocampus. The over exposure to this hormone can cause irreparable damage to the hippocampus. Over exposure in the early childhood years can lead to permanent mental health problems

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    How does teenage boys and girls’ brain develop differently Recently‚ one of the scientist called‚ Takuto Hatase has been studying about the differences between teenage boys and girls’ brain‚ to solve the problem that so many people have wondered. How does teenage boys and girls’ brain develop differently. We all know that there are slice differences‚ but Dr. Hatase is the first person who have studied how they are different. He generally studied three maijer area of the brain between girls and

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    Causes of Epilepsy

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    often medically intractable in that the administration of medication will not control the seizures. Most cases of complex partial epilepsy appear to stem from an abnormality in the temporal lobe‚ since partial resection of the temporal lobe and the hippocampus

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