like coffee and tea. Caffeine can also be found in soft drinks‚ and it is regarded as the most widely consumed stimulant drug in the world based on Nehlig‚ Daval‚ & Debry (1992) research. The interaction of caffeine with adenosine receptors in the brains makes an individual more alert. A moderate intake of caffeine results in small healthy risks while high doses could be a catalyst to negative effects like anxiety‚ insomnia‚ and tachycardia. Research has shown that caffeine is widely abused. Clinical
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1 EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL ON BRAIN FUNCTIONING & NEUROTRANSMITTERS When alcohol is consumed the brain is unable to send the correct messages through the body and disrupts communication between the nerve cells . It suppresses nerve activity‚ throughout the cerebral cortex and the central nervous system (CNS) by significantly slowing down the pace of actions taken and information received . Consumption also alters two of the major neurotransmitters within the brain being the Hippocampus and the Prefrontal
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The Impacts of Brain Drain on Developing Countries Brain drain‚ which is the action of having highly skilled and educated people leaving their country to work abroad‚ has become one of the developing countries concern. Brain drain is also referred to as human capital flight. More and more third world science and technology educated people are heading for more prosperous countries seeking higher wages and better working conditions. This has of course serious concequences on the sending countries
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|Region of the Brain |Location |Primary Function |Specific activities/ |Icons/ Keys foe for map | | | | |Processes | | |Cerebrum | the anterior portion of the|Determining Intelligence‚ |Vision‚ muscle coordination‚|Eyes‚ ears‚ smiley face‚ | | |forebrain and is superior to|Determining
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The impact on athletes that play high impact sports are devastating and mind blowing. High impact sports would include football‚ soccer‚ and ice hockey. These sports cause massive trauma and injuries to the brain. While sports are fun and part of everyday life‚ high impact sports can be dangerous to kids and younger adults and every 1 in 3 players will have brain injuries and/or C.T.E. and it will affect their brain for the worse before it’s developed. First‚ high impact sports can be dangerous
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Brain Enhancement Is Wrong‚ Right? BENEDICT CAREY So far no one is demanding that asterisks be attached to Nobels‚ Pulitzers or Lasker awards. Government agents have not been raiding anthropology departments‚ riffling book bags‚ testing professors’ urine. And if there are illicit trainers on campuses‚ shady tutors with wraparound sunglasses and ties to basement labs in Italy‚ no one has exposed them. Yet an era of doping may be looming in academia‚ and it has ignited a debate about policy and
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PREVENTION OF “BRAIN-DRAIN” FROM OIC -COUNTRIES* CONTENTS Page Abstract 2 Introduction 3 1. Concept of Brain Drain/Brain Gain/Brain Waste 4 2. Reasons of Brain Drain and Its Impact on the Home Country
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Pink Brain‚ Blue Brain In the article “Pink Brain‚ Blue Brain”‚ scientist conducted a case study where adults bought in their children that were aged around 11 months old. The purpose of the study was to explore the differences between boys and girls. During the study‚ it was determined that our brains are actually a work in progress‚ meaning that they change based on the experience that we have encountered; mostly starting at the early childhood. It was once thought of that boys were mostly physically
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Adolescence and the Brain: A scientific reason for the madness “I can’t stand you‚ Mother!” “Why doesn’t anyone ever listen to me?” “You never see my side” “You just don’t listen or understand anything!” These are just a few of the many phrases that I often hear in my home. If teenaged children live in the home you can be sure that at least one of these statements has been said‚ yelled or growled in the last week. Are there tactics and ways a parent can use to deal with and keep control
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and the Brain The human eye and brain are two of the most extrodinary and vauleable organs in the body. The eye gives people the ability to perform daily tasks and to explore the world around them. The brain gives people the ability to feel emotions‚ to reason‚ and to conform. Vision‚ is an occuring process that needs constant interactions between the eye‚ the nervous system‚ and the brain. When a person looks at an object‚ they are actually seeing the light the object gives off. This light is
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