differences in pulse characteristics such as frequency‚ amplitude and duration. Technically‚ this device is underlying a principle called “electrotactile stimulation for sensory substitution”‚ an area of study that involves using encoded electric current to represent sensory information and applying that current to the skin‚ which sends the information to the brain. 1.INTRODUCTION A blind woman sits in a chair holding a video camera focused on a scientist
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harmful substance that may seriously affect the body. Drugs mess with the brain in ways that we couldn’t even imagine. From destroying brain cells that help with critical thinking to destroying cells that give us the ability to feel pleasure. Drugs take the place of our natural body functions of the body. They fool receptors of the body and make it to where our bodies produce less of what we need. Over a period of time this may produce very severe consequences on the body. With all the risks involved
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Lebanon. Another cause is from different academic levels‚ which lead to poor management of certain domains that enrich our country. Last but not least‚ society is another cause. The lack of security that is in the country does not make Lebanon as stable as it should be. Therefore‚ how are these causes really affecting Lebanon? The emigration of important figures such as professionals and technicians reflects the extent of severity of the drain in Lebanon. Such problems are faced worldwide‚ and not
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Aging Brain Shirley J. Reese Psychology 210 April 08‚ 2010 Creativity and the Aging Brain Scholars have suspected for decades that the process of aging is kinder to the creative‚ active‚ and flexible mind. Today‚ there is more convincing evidence than ever before to support the importance of creativity and the aging brain. Keeping and open mind help your brain age successfully. The main purpose of this article is to promote society into creative thinking as the brain age instead
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of the brain becoming active construction sites at different times. Therefore‚ the ability of the brain to respond to experience offers exciting opportunities for the development of a child. The development of a child’s brain holds the key to his/her future is true based on visual and auditory development‚ language development‚ physical and motor development and emotional and social development. The best time for visual and auditory development or the capacity of a child to start learning to see
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CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION A computer is a machine that manipulates data according to a list of instructions. Computers have changed the way we are living for ever. Every person in this planet should have the skill of dealing with computers because they have come with unbelievable features and functions. They do a work faster than any human by programming the desired work and let it be done by computers‚ facilitate the educational process by presenting and finding information clearly and rapidly.
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The Brain .What weighs about three pounds but has more parts than there are stars in the Milky Way galaxy? What fills the space occupied by only three pints of milk yet includes components that‚ laid end to end‚ would stretch several hundred thousand miles? What looks like an oversized walnut made of soft‚ grayish-pink cheese but contains the equivalent of 100 trillion tiny calculators? What‚ according to James Watson‚ co-discoverer of the helical structure of DNA‚ is "the most complex thing
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Distinctiveness between the right and left hemisphere of the brain Word Count: 995 Abstract The brain assymetry experiment is to investigate on the distinctiveness of the right and left hemisphere in the brain as each hemisphere has certain specializations. The experiment were carried out by initially asking the 25 participant on whether they were left or right handed and they had to choose the chimeric image which appeared younger to them. Laterality quotients were calculated in order to
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A brain injury is of the most severe types of injuries that can occur as a result of an accident. There are many different symptoms that can occur as a result of a brain injury. The brain is still very much a mystery to even the most trained medical professionals. Different types of brain injuries can produce different symptoms and adult symptoms can vary from children’s symptoms. In order to get quick treatment to prevent further brain damage‚ though‚ a brain injury must be identified as soon as
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the idea of ``Bigger Guts vs. Bigger Brains.`` When our handyman ancestors had a stomach that was fit for digesting berries‚ various plants and nuts required a longer track system in order to congest the content seems very logical. This meant that these massive and complex intestines require more energy‚ which meant that the brain had less energy at its disposal. Because of the changing environment‚ these species were forced to adapt by eating small animals and insects. This was nature’s way of creating
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