The brain and concussions B Y: PA I G E M O R R I S O N & N I C O L E G O R M L E Y Intro Video (Stop @ 2:40) https:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCCD52Pty4A What is a concussion? Concussions are damaged by a bump‚ blow‚ or jolt to the head that can change the way your brain normally works. Evolutionary Advantage Why wood peckers don’t get concussions They have thick neck muscles Inner eyelids to prevent their eyes from getting shaken out Spongy bone plates(Make up their very thick skulls)
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Alex Tovar March 29‚ 2013 Professor Levitt Informative Speech Assignment Brain Aneurysm Purpose: To inform my audience about Brain Aneurysm Thesis: I will speak about some facts on Brain Aneurysm. I will speak about the causes‚ symptoms‚ the treatment‚ the issues with it‚ the symptoms and the outcomes or results of it. I.Brain Aneurysm A. I had a friend who recently passed away about 6 months ago she had brain aneurysm. She didn’t know that she was getting it‚ according to her boyfriend who was
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Albert Einstein’s brain was different than yours or mine. The Great Physicist Albert Einstein may have been brilliant for biological reasons. It is estimated that someone with Einstein’s cognitive powers emerges only 500 years or so‚ but with the capability to clone humans on the horizon‚ perhaps within our lifetime‚ the technical ability to clone even an army of Einsteins is truly in the realm of science fact‚ and not science fantasy. So‚ what made Einstein different than you and I? When
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Part 2 : Explain how your current uses of music might impact your cognitive function. Draw on the research literature from both the “music and the brain” and “music in schools” lectures to support your ideas. Introduction Currently‚ I am largely involved in composing music for interactive media. To be able to produce professional music‚ I am constantly improving my music competency skills through music training. Recent studies have shown that music training enhances higher level cognition such as
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with What You Have If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe Numeroff was one of my favorite books as a child. I used to make my mom read it to me every night by saying “cookie.” This story is a story more for preschoolers and young children learning to read. It is what they consider a picture book. Picture books always made children happy‚ they could see who the story was talking about and not have to use their imagination if they were too young to explore theirs. These books would encourage
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The brain works together in a mysterious way. In 1981‚ it was discovered that the brain is actually split into two hemispheres‚ left and right. Each hemisphere of the brain processes information in its own unique way. Each side of the brain carries on it’s own set of task and duties it needs to accomplish‚ but at the same time‚ both parts still work together. When deciding on which hemisphere I rely on the most‚ it can easily be said that I use the left-hemisphere more so than the right. I am
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couldn’t yet read‚ but knew so well. I knew the story by heart‚ and so it wasn’t hard to repeat the words of the story in my head as though I was actually reading it. If You Give a Moose a Muffin‚ by Laura Numeroff‚ was the book that held my attention so well. At that time‚ I would have been up hours past my bedtime; thus‚ my parents would confiscate my flashlight and books for the night more often than not. Despite this‚ it was this book which set the stage and lit the path to growth and a love for literature
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What Is Brain Drain? Brain drain is also known as “The human capital flight”. It can be simply defined as the mass emigration of technically skilled people from one country to another country. Brain-drain can have many reasons‚ for example-political instability of a nation‚ lack of opportunities‚ health risks‚ personal conflicts etc. Brain-drain can also be named as “human capital flight” because it resembles the case of capital flight‚ in which mass migration of financial capital is involved.The
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Critical Character A Bullet in the Brain‚ by Tobias Wolff‚ is a short story published in 1995. The story’s main protagonist Anders‚ is a book critic by profession but shows that he is also critic of the world around him. Anders happens to be in the wrong place at the wrong time in this story and finds himself in the middle of a robbery at his local bank. He is ultimately shot in the head by a robber‚ due to his smug attitude. The story goes on to explore major events in his life‚ that oddly do not
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The book is known for its playful‚ circular pattern. A boy gives a cookie to a mouse. The mouse asks for a glass of milk. He then requests a straw (to drink the milk)‚ a mirror (to avoid a milk mustache)‚ nail scissors (to trim his hair)‚ and a broom (to sweep up). Next he wants to take a nap‚ to have a story read to him‚ to draw a picture‚ and to hang the drawing on the refrigerator. Looking at the refrigerator makes him thirsty‚ so the mouse asks for a glass of milk. The circle is complete when
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