upper and middle lobe‚ as well as left lower lobe bullae; which was markedly visible on the CT scan of the chest. Serum alfa-1-antitrypsin was negative. She revealed that she was delivered prematurely at the age of six months needed ventilator support for the first four months of life. Her PFTs upon initial presentation revealed increased residual volume and total lung capacity with FEV1/FVC ratio of 70. She underwent bullectomy of the right middle and left lower lobe‚ along with parietal pleurectomy;
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these cases. Explain how the case study approach can help us learn about the mind and the brain. Hemineglect is one fascinating brain disorder that can cause some abnormalities in someone’s everyday life. Hemineglect happens when a person’s right parietal lobe is damaged because of an incident such as a stroke. Once this damage occurs‚ a potential side effect is the fact that the person will completely neglect one whole half of their body. One thing to keep in mind however‚ is the fact that this is
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BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR Functional Specialization • In terms of brain function‚ what is functional specialization? Functional specialization is the function of the nervous system. Each of the neurons located within the nervous system are grouped into clusters‚ these clusters have a specific purpose in the body’s function. Such as movements of the limbs‚ emotions‚ memory and bodily functions. • Why is the principle of complex communication important to understand? The principle of complex
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I. Our Senses Encode the Information Our Brains Perceive * Synesthesia- The perceptual experience of one sense that is evoked by another sense * For many years scientists dismissed synesthesia as rare curiosity or outright faking * Far more common than previously believed * Brain regions for different sensory modalities cross-activate one another * Sensation- Simple stimulation of a sense organ * Perception- The organization‚ identification‚ and interpretation of a sensation
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VARK Analysis Paper Marina Tenner Grand Canyon University: NRS-429V 7-29-13 VARK learning styles This questionnaire called the VARK shows different learning styles a person can have when answering the questions provided. There are different varieties of learning styles and after taking the questionnaire‚ the results were multimodal. Multimodal learning style is combination of visual‚ aural‚ kinesthetic and read/write‚ which provides the choices of two or more modes to use while studying. Multimodal
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Axia College Material Appendix C Brain Response of Behavior Part I Note: Parts II and III follow below‚ complete all three. Run Multimedias 2.3 and 2.4 * Go to the Web site www.prenhall.com/morris. * Click text: Psychology: An Introduction (12th ed.) * Click “2” on the select a chapter tool bar. * Click Live!Psych on the left hand menu. * Select 2.3 and 2.4. Write a 350- to 700-word response to the following: Explain the communication process of neurons in
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repeatedly expand and contract. The pleura is divided into two major types‚ based on location: parietal pleura (associated with the walls of a pleural cavity) and visceral pleura (adheres to and covers the lungs) (Drake et al.‚ 2005). The visceral pleura‚ lines the inner wall of the pleural cavity; covers the lobes and root of the lung (Leonard‚ 1995) However‚ the inner surfaces of the cavities (parietal pleura) are divided into four parts depending on its location: costal‚ diaphragmatic‚ mediastinal
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Biology of Mind Modules 4‚ 5 and 6 * Everything psychological is simultaneously biological * Plato correctly located the mind in the spherical head * Aristotle believed mind was in the heart * Although heart is the symbol for love‚ psychology has proven that you fall in love using your brain * 1800s Franz Gall (German psychologist) invented phrenology theory that claims that bumps on our skull could reveal our mental ability and character traits * Biological
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The Story of My Search When I was a child‚ my aunt was diagnosed with brain cancer. From early on‚ they said that it was unlikely that she was going to survive this disease. They also mentioned that if she was going to survive‚ the long-term affects she was going to have were going to change her life forever. Being a child‚ it was extremely difficult for me to understand. I really had no idea what brain cancer was. Even to this day‚ I was only aware of the general knowledge of it — having a brain
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How is logical symbolic thought and language encoded in the brain? A possibility is that the language centers in the STS (superior temporal sulcus)‚ parietal association cortex‚ and dorsolateral prefrontal cortex communicate with one another during logical brain operations involving symbolic thought. The superior tempral sulcus‚ both anterior and posterior‚ plays some roles in social cognition and self concept. It also helps process speech and reading signals. It clearly plays a role in human
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