PSYCHOLOGY Scenario 2 You are driving to the movies with your friends on a Friday night. You have just left Dairy Queen™ with a huge Blizzard®. Please be able to explain: Seven parts of the brain that you are using. The functions of the structures you listed. Neurotransmitters you are using and their function(s). Basal Ganglia – Driving (planning and indicating movement) Hippo Campus – Remembering where the movies are and friends. (Remember place‚ relationships and events) Hypothalamus
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How Does Playing Video Games Affect The Brain? How does playing video games affect the brain? In the article “Brains on Video Games‚ “ six experts discuss the positive and negative impacts that intense video gaming have on the brain. These impacts can be physical and/or mental. Here we will discuss some of the physical effects. One of the physical impacts‚ according to two of the experts‚ is on the gamer’s vision. Daphne Bavelier and C. Shawn Green claim that playing a certain type of action-based
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Recent studies show that football players are likely to have brain trauma and will be affected in the long run. Because of the abnormal buildup of protein in the brain‚ it causes the tissue to be degenerated. Although brain trauma can become a problem for anyone at any time‚ football is a push for the problem. One of the common effects on the brain is chronic traumatic encephalopathy‚ which is the loss of memory‚ emotional and aggression control. After all‚ football should be banned from high school
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you about Brain Injury and the charity Headway‚ please may I ask you to keep any questions until the end of the presentation. I would like to say at this point that if anything I say today causes anyone to feel uncomfortable then please feel free to leave the room and rejoin US when you are ready. My aim today is to give you a greater understanding of the brain‚ how brain injury can affect a person and what Headway has to offer. SLIDE - THE BRAIN Before I explain how brain injury effects
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Did you know there are 120 types of brain and central nervous system tumors that exist (“Understanding Brain Tumors”)? What is a brain tumor? A brain tumor is a collection‚ or mass‚ of abnormal cells in your brain (Lights‚ Verneda). In order to know more about brain tumors‚ people should understand the diagnosis‚ anatomy of the brain‚ grades‚ types‚ and treatment of brain tumors. The first step in finding a tumor is diagnosis. There are a variety of ways to be diagnosed for having a tumor. The first
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Comparison of Brain Structure in Mammals‚ Amphibians‚ and Birds The brain is a complex structure in all living species‚ even though they differ greatly in mammals‚ amphibians‚ and birds. It is the most important part of the body‚ because it maintains homeostasis and assists in every function. The brain structures of the three vertebrates‚ mammals‚ amphibians‚ and birds‚ have similar features and functions. There is still a great difference in the size‚ and importance of these structures in
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the CDC‚ car and truck accidents are one of the leading causes of Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI)‚ an especially dangerous condition which can have serious long-term consequences. While the results of a TBI‚ including memory problems‚ slurred speech‚ and cognitive impairment‚ sometimes go away after a few days‚ they can also cause life-long disability. If you or someone you love in the Winston-Salem area has suffered a brain injury due to another driver’s negligence‚ the personal injury attorneys at
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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: BRAIN CHIPS When you think about Artificial Intelligence what thought first comes to mind. Robots maybe‚ would we ever think about Brain Chips being implanted into human brains? Sure‚ but how will Brain Chips plays a major role medically in are world’s future? In are near future‚ while we sleep they will transmit data directly from are brain to the computer and not miss a wink of sleep. Computer Interface is only the tip of the iceberg. Brain chips when they are implanted
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A traumatic brain injury is potentially one the most devastating disabilities. It not only affects the person suffering from the injury but can turn whole families upside down. The range and severity of problems arising from a brain injury will vary significantly from person to person because every person’s brain injury varies in the extent and location of the damage. Some of the affects of a brain injury are not immediately obvious and only become apparent as time progresses. The following are
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A heart monitor beeps in the background; a ventilator hums next to a seemingly sleeping patient. This patient is sustained by the ventilator and has no brain activity. Are they alive or dead? With the controversy over the definition of death there are multiple “definitions”. Out of these definitions the most logical is that of the whole-brain death definition. In the medical world today there is not much conversation‚ though within the media and public the issue is very large as these are the people
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