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    the Brain written by Michael S. Gazzaniga explores neuroscience that took place within the last 50 years. In his book‚ Gazzaniga begins telling his own story as a young neuroscientist who was developing a soon to be well known theory on split brains. Divided into four parts‚ part one of the book titled “Discovering the Brain” starts out while Gazzaniga wat attending Dartmouth College‚ and was moving on to Caltech for an internship. At Caltech‚ Gazzaniga got hooked on the idea of split brain research

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    How ADHD Medication Affects the Brain Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a mental disorder that allows one to be overactive‚ and not be able to control his/her behavior or to stay focus. This condition interferes with a person’s ability to pay attention. Having ADHD causes hyperactivity in places such as home‚ school‚ or work. ADHD‚ apparent in children during preschool and early school years; it’s not only found in children‚ but adults as well. Adults who have ADHD may be unaware

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    Blue Brain Project

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    The Blue Brain Project by Serge Achildi The Blue Brain Project is an attempt to create a synthetic brain by reverse-engineering the mammalian brain down to the molecular level. An effort to create the first computer simulation of the entire human brainright down to the molecular level‚ was launched on June of 2005. The hope is that the virtual brain will help shed light on some aspects of human cognition‚ such as perception‚ memory and perhaps even consciousness. The "Blue Brain" project‚ a

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    How does the brain naturally control pain? And how can we target these systems with treatments?” How does the brain receive pain? The brain receives pain through nociceptive stimuli which activates pain receptors on neurons called nociceptors. Nociceptors can be placed into two categories: A-delta (Aδ) fibres and C-fibres. A-delta fibres are small‚ myelinated‚ neurons that transmit signals fast and mediate sharp pain. C-fibres are smaller unmyelinated neurons that slowly transmit signals. They

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    Brain Injury and Headway

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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 brainhow 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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    of Brain Function Psychologists have found that the brain often shows “localization of function”. This means that different parts of the brain carry out different tasks‚ for example‚ vision‚ voluntary movement and speech. The idea is that not all parts of the brain do the same thing‚ and that each part functions on its own‚ without the aid of other areas of the brain. This may seem obvious‚ but other organs‚ such as the liver‚ do not show localization of function; one part of the liver does the

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    Brain Dominance Experiment

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    project I was attempting to test brain dominance in gender. I had people take the same brain dominance test to see if the individual thought with more with the left side of the brain or the right. In my experiment I had 59 people take the same questionnaire to see which hemisphere of the brain was more dominant as a whole. I became intrigue on the topic of brain dominance after doing some research on the brain. The brain is a very complex organ one hemisphere of the brain corresponds with the opposite

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    Brave New Brain

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    AP Psychology Name Chp 2: Neuroscience Questions for Brave New Brain‚ Chapter 4 by Nancy C. Andreasen Read this packet carefully & completely. The reading is very long‚ complex & detailed. Consider it a primer reading to help you study the brain. As you read feel free to highlight or underline the actual text as needed. These study questions are to help you key in on what is important. Be sure to answer each question fully and completely. I expect you to TYPE the answers. You

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    Your brain on food

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    Your Brain on Food S This page intentionally left blank Your Brain on Food How Chemicals Control Your Thoughts and Feelings Gary L. Wenk‚ PhD Departments of Psychology and Neuroscience and Molecular Virology‚ Immunology and Medical Genetics The Ohio State University Columbus‚ OH 1 2010 1 Oxford University Press‚ Inc.‚ publishes works that further Oxford University’s objective of excellence in research‚ scholarship‚ and education. Oxford New York Auckland Cape Town

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    Beyond The Brain Final

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    Jessica A. Claffey Mike Kohon Comp I Fall 2014 Beyond the Brain Most scientists agree that the mind is just the product of the brain. They believe that whatever the mind may be is entirely explained by the brain. The mind and the brain have a very unique connection with one another‚ when others will disagree and say that it’s simple. The mind vs. brain dispute has been a major topic within the psychology field since Aristotle. Science is operated by allowing all hypotheses on the table‚ then gathering

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