Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) can occur frequently and may cause serious damage. TBI can happen when a bump‚ jolt‚ blow‚ or any head injury causes damage to the brain. MIllions of people a year suffer brain injuries in the United States alone. More than half of those million incidents require the patient to be taken to a hospital because of the severity of the injury. Depending on how severe the injury is‚ it could cause serious brain damage and potentially be life threatening. Half of all TBIs occur
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the human brain results in its fourfold increase in volume between birth and adulthood and during this time frame there are also significant changes in cognitive ability‚ the most marked of which occurs in early infancy. It is only relatively recently‚ with the advancement of neuroimaging technology‚ that researchers have begun to examine how brain structure‚ that is its physical fabric and organisation‚ might relate to its function‚ i.e. the tasks it performs‚ in a child ’s developing brain. One
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Why do humans have such large brains? Over a span of nearly seven million years‚ the human brain has tripled in size‚ with most of the growth being seen in just the last two million years. Although many explanations for the growth of the human brain have been presented‚ one hypothesis that proves to be most accurate is the Social Brain Hypothesis as presented by Robin I.M. Dunbar. This hypothesis attempts to explain the cause in brain size evolution by attributing it to social relations and social
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Concussions The brain is a very delicate and complex organ . It is located inside the head and controls everything we do from movement ‚ our five senses ‚ emotions ‚ thoughts ‚ memory ‚ breathing ‚ our heartbeat ‚ digesting food and our speech . The brain is made of a gelatin like substance and is protected by cerebrospinal fluid and the skull . So imagine what would happen to our brain if it would get damaged . Anything that our brain controls could be altered either temporarily or
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there might be an impairment in their arousal when someone suffers a brain injury‚ thus‚ having an effect on the role of recovery in relearning a motor skill (Goldfine & Schiff‚ 1). In athletes who have suffered a concussion‚ they might have problems with arousal. Concussions often occur frequently in sports such as lacrosse or football and can change the ability for arousal for certain athletes. Knowing this‚ it will help me in trying to figure out what best ways to get the athlete’s arousal up
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HDFS August 21‚ 2013 The Brain Brain changes well into adulthood. Neurons are electrochemical Albert Einstein had more glia cells Brain fed by blood vessels Cell body of each neuron length 600 miles Dendrites are nerve cells ears Length of neuron is the axon. Conducts electrical impulse down to the terminal buttons Terminal Buttons go to Dendrites Neurotransmitter travels across the gap between terminal buttons and dendrites. One type of glia cell make up the myelin sheath When myelin
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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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Inside our brain‚ there is this system called the human nervous system. There are two types of nervous systems: the peripheral and central nervous systems. The peripheral nervous system includes the nerves connecting the central nervous system to the rest of the body. It has two subdivisions: somatic nervous system and autonomic nervous system. Somatic nervous system controls skeletal muscles and interacts with the external environment. An example is walking through a park. You are using your motor
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September‚ 2014! ! ! The Ethics of Brain Death Ever since it was recognised by the Harvard Medical School in 1968‚ the concept of Brain Death has been surrounded by much controversy and ethical debate owing to its inconsistency with any biological or philosophical understanding of death. Recently‚ two cases of brain death made headlines and re-ignited public interest in the issue. What follows is an analysis of the ethical dilemma encompassing brain death through an understanding of these
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