The brain and concussions B Y: PA I G E M O R R I S O N & N I C O L E G O R M L E Y Intro Video (Stop @ 2:40) https:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCCD52Pty4A What is a concussion? Concussions are damaged by a bump‚ blow‚ or jolt to the head that can change the way your brain normally works. Evolutionary Advantage Why wood peckers don’t get concussions They have thick neck muscles Inner eyelids to prevent their eyes from getting shaken out Spongy bone plates(Make up their very thick skulls)
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Seek the Inside In the play Macbeth‚ one notices many times where one can jump to conclusions about what someone says or their actions. “Things are not always as they seem; the first appearance deceives many.” This quote is said by Plato. This quote is very broad and one thing that one can take from it is that one shall not judge a book by its cover. In today’s time period people tend to jump to conclusions about someone or something. In William Shakespeare’s tragedy Macbeth‚ the theme things
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My father‚ not the type to tell stories‚ tells only one story. Just one and only story‚ over and over again. The story is about me‚ his one and only son‚ and‚ according to him‚ the term son is up for interpretation. He says I am more broken gourd than son. The story evolves‚ grows tumors of extra details that has never been there in the years passed. In fact‚ the story has grown so much with passing time that even my father gets increasingly more surprised by the new versions that come out of
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process‚ which is modulated by the reptilian brain. During occasions of fear‚ the thinking brain can literally shut down and cause you to react in an entirely automatic‚ unconscious‚ and -- all too often‚ irrational way. The neocortex‚ the limbic and reptilian brains are interactive and signals travel in all directions. Thoughts originating in the neocortex‚ become chemicals that engender emotions in the limbic system that manifest as vivid imagery and corresponding "body felt sensations‚" resulting
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Samip Gandhi Instructor Course 11 June‚ 2011 Causes of teenage suicide Suicide among the young people continues to be a serious problem facing our modern society. Studies have shown that thousands of teenagers commit suicide in the United States year after year (Tatarelli‚ 216). According to Corr (499)‚ suicide has emerged as the third leading cause of death for 15-to-24-year-olds‚ and the sixth leading cause of death for 5-to-14-year-olds. As teenagers learn diverse social roles
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different parts called organs. All of the parts are controlled by an organ called the brain‚ which is located in the head. The brain weighs about 2.75 pounds‚ and has a whitish-pink appearance. The brain is made up of many cells‚ and is the control centre of the body. The brain flashes messages out to all the other parts of the body. The messages travel in very fine threads called nerves. The nerves and the brain make up a system somewhat like telephone poles carrying wires across the city. This is
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organs in the body‚ but the brain is affected most by drug use. The brain is complex and communicates via nuerons and nerve cells to command the body. The brain ensures the body performs the necessary functions for survial. Drugs can compromise the brain’s ability to properly communicate to the organs in the body. Drugs affect communication and a person’s behavior. The following presentation will provide an explanation as to how drugs affect the brain The brain is a network made up of nuerons
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Left Brain vs. Right Brain: Implications of Learning Foundations of Online Learning Abstract A left-brain dominant person’s attributes are different than that of a right-brained person. This difference causes these two groups to have different learning styles. A left-brain dominant tends to be better at spelling and math. This is because this person can see all of the pieces. A right- brain dominant person tends be better at writing‚ biology‚ and other hands on subjects
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There are a few theories on how our brain communicates and works; two of those theories being left-brain right-brain dominance and top-brain bottom-brain. In the article There Is No Left Brain/Right Brain Divide it states “We have developed a new theory built on another‚ frequently overlooked anatomical division of the brain‚ into its top and bottom parts. Among other things‚ the top part sets up plans and revises those plans when expected events do not occur; the bottom classifies and interprets
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body. 3. The brain and its functions; the connections to the nervous system. 4. The cerebrum and the major connections to the nervous system and brain; why it so important to the body. II. Thesis Statement: The following information is about the Nervous System and its different aspects. It addresses what the nervous system is and what it consists of‚ the function of the nervous system in the body and its relationship to other parts of the body. It will also discuss the brain and its functions
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