The Brain Brittany Wagner Psy/240 June 22‚ 2014 Jennifer Graves The Brain The brain is like a hard drive for a computer. Like a hard drive the brain also has many wires and complicated looking things in there. It is a lot easier to understand what part of the brain does what when it is broken down into the five major parts. The brain has five major parts and each part helps the human body function. The five major parts are called the myelencephalon‚ metencephalon‚ mesencephalon‚ diencephalon
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Depending on the type of stroke‚ different areas of the brain will be affected‚ but generally speaking if the frontal lobe is affected ones motor skills‚ higher processing‚ speech‚ and planning will be affected. If the parietal lobe is affected ones association areas and attention areas will be affected. If the occipital lobe is affected ones vision would be affected. If the temporal lobe was affected ones memory and emotions would be affected as well. TYPES OF STROKE There are four different types
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memory of Edward telling her to not be reckless and to take care of her replayed in her head every time she does something reckless. The recurring memory stimulates by her emotions and the traumatizing memory stored in the temporal lobes stimulated her occipital lobe for her to actually “see” Edward again. The shock of adrenaline and dopamine rushed through her body as soon as she does something suicidal or reckless. This presented Borderline Personality Disorder various times when she went on a
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the parts of the brain that are affected. 2. Explain what the key functions of the brain are that are affected by dementia Frontal lobe – Movement‚ emotional behaviour‚ personality‚ interpretation and feeling Parietal Lobe – Language‚ spacial awareness and recognition Temporal Lobe – Long term memory‚ speech and hearing Occipital Lobe – Vision Cerebellum – Balance‚ posture‚ muscle co-ordination( movement ) 3. Explain why depression‚ delirium and age related memory
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Nervous System: an extensive network of specialized cells that carries information to and from all parts of the body. Neuron: the basic cell that makes up the nervous system and that receives and sends messages within that system. Dendrites: branchlike structures that receive messages from other neurons. Soma: the cell body of the neuron responsible for maintaining the life of the cell. Axon: tubelike structure that carries the neural message. Glial cells grey fatty cells that provide support for
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Biological Bases of Behavior Why study biology in a psychology class? “Everything psychological is simultaneously biological.” Every thought‚ behavior‚ emotion‚ perception‚ etc. is rooted in our biology‚ particularly our brain The brain is a “psychological organ” as well as a biological one Biological psychology: studies the link between our biology and our behaviors and mental processes a.k.a. biopsychology‚ neuroscience Starting small: The Neuron neuron: a nerve cell;
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T N Y E C J T M H G E P A X O G E U L L N E B H E W D O U M O T O R C O R T E X U R X L T L H S W A I T F N I T V P J S U M A L A H T J B Z G R M T B F C G S M C F X A S D B Clues: 1. The part of the brain located in the temporal lobe that is responsible for our emotional response. The amygdala also performs a primary role in the processing and memory of emotional reactions and social and sexual behaviour‚ as well as regulating the sense of smell. 2. The portion of the brain
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Phineas Gage April Maier PSY360 February 18‚ 2013 Eric Tomlinson Phineas Gage On September 13‚ 1848‚ 25 year old Phineas Gage‚ a railroad construction foreman and his crew were working on building a railroad in Cavendish‚ Vermont. Gage was using a tamping iron to pack explosive powder into a hole during excavation operations. This is when a spark from the iron detonated the powder; causing an explosion and propelling the tamping iron through Gage’s skull. The iron entered Gage’s skull
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6 primary functions of digestive system: 1. Ingestion- food intake 2. Secretion 3. Digestion- mechanical & chemical breakdown of food Mechanical Mastication- first step. Enables mixing with saliva to form bolus to be swallowed. Regulated by CNS. Deglutition Mixing/Churning Peristalsis- movement of muscles within GI tract that facilitates movement of food Chemical- Hydrolysis (using H2O) of macromolecules into monomers (residues) carried out by digestive enzymes produced by salivary glands
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Brain Injury‚ July 2007; 21(8): 877–883 CASE REPORT Stroke rehabilitation in a patient with cerebellar cognitive affective syndrome SHINICHIRO MAESHIMA & AIKO OSAWA Department of Rehabilitation Medicine‚ Kawasaki Medical School‚ Kawasaki Hospital‚ Japan Brain Inj Downloaded from informahealthcare.com by University of Toronto on 01/24/12 For personal use only. (Received 1 August 2006; accepted 11 June 2007) Abstract Objective: It has become evident that the cerebellum plays a role
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