normal supply of blood‚ which carries oxygen and important nutrients. Other causes of brain injury are severe blows to the head‚ brain tumors‚ brain infections‚ and other conditions of the brain. "Individuals with Broca’s aphasia have damage to the frontal lobe of the brain". (www.aphasia.org) These individuals frequently speak in short‚ meaningful phrases that are produced with great effort. Broca’s aphasia is thus characterized as a nonfluent aphasia. Affected people often omit small words such as "is
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damage‚ or suffer from irregularities‚ prohibiting the brain to carry out its functions properly. The brain is mainly divided in four lobes: frontal‚ occipital‚ temporal and perietal. If any of these were to be impared‚ the person would suffer major consequences. For instance‚ if the occipital lobe is damaged‚ one may loose his/her vision. Or if the perietal lobe suffers an injury the senses of your body will no longer be of
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This essay is about the case study of Clive Wearing‚ a musician who developed encephalitis which attacked his central nervous system. I will look at the effect it had on his memory‚ and what we can learn about memory from this. Wearing developed Herpes viral encephalitis‚ from the herpes simplex. This is a virus which doesn’t show any side effects until the damage has been done. The virus caused him to lose all his memories before the event in 1985‚ as he developed anterograde and retrograde amnesia
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(2012). Remote memory function and dysfunction in Korsakoff’s syndrome. Neuropsychology Review‚ 22(2). Spiegel‚ D. R.‚ & Lim‚ K.-J. (2011). A case of probable Korsakoff ’s syndrome: a syndrome of frontal lobe and diencephalic structural pathogenesis and a comparison with medial temporal lobe dementias. Innovations in Clinical Neuroscience‚ 8(6). Thomson‚ A.D.‚ Guerrini‚ I.‚ & Marshall‚ E.J. (2012). The evolution and treatment of Korsakoff’s syndrome: Out of sight‚ out of mind? Neuropsychology
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Unwind is a novel based around a technological advancement that gives people a new option to deal with delinquents‚ overpopulation‚ and unwanted children. Neuro-grafting is the technology that was developed to assist individuals who have lost limbs‚ failed organs‚ tumors‚ or other physical and mental problems. The process of Neuro-grafting is when a child reaches the age of 13 they qualify for an "Unwinding" where they are sent to harvest camps and then taken apart so that their parts can be used
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communication. Research done by Tang G. et al (2014)‚ indicate that dysfunctional brain pruning might contribute to Autism Spectrum Disorders. Previous research has indicated that ASD brains contain abnormalities in spine density in frontal‚ temporal and parietal lobes. This finding provides a new look on autism therapy. It is possible that in future autism and autism-like disorder might be treated by mTOR inhibitors. It is possible to use this mechanism in treatment. Can replicate ir chemically
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development of the disorder. The dopamine hypothesis explains that neurons that use dopamine fire too often and too many messages being transmitted results in symptoms of schizophrenia. Abnormal brain structure‚ enlarged ventricles‚ smaller temporal and frontal lobes‚ and abnormal blood flow. These abnormal brain structures usually result in negative symptoms of schizophrenia. Biological views also point out that a virus may be the root cause of schizophrenia. Psychodynamic theories suggest that the
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AP Psychology Essay Prompts and Scoring Rubrics The enclosed document includes an essay prompt for each unit in AP Psychology and a corresponding scoring rubric. The purpose of this activity is to increase the students’ awareness of how AP exam readers grade from a rubric. Emphasis is placed on the definition of terms and the application of those terms. Units include: Introduction to Psychology Psychobiology Sensation and Perception Memory Learning Nature and Nurture of Behavior
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Psychopathology Psychopathology is the studying of abnormal behaviour. It addresses a wide range of mental‚ emotional and behavioural problems and encompasses research into many different aspects such as classification‚ diagnosis‚ aetiology (cause of disease)‚ prevention and treatment. Study depends on the paradigm. – psycho uses childhood‚ bio uses genetic markers. Usually eclectic approach.Split into two models‚ medical and psychological Criteria differs in a mental diagnostic so they have differences
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Did you know there are 120 types of brain and central nervous system tumors that exist (“Understanding Brain Tumors”)? What is a brain tumor? A brain tumor is a collection‚ or mass‚ of abnormal cells in your brain (Lights‚ Verneda). In order to know more about brain tumors‚ people should understand the diagnosis‚ anatomy of the brain‚ grades‚ types‚ and treatment of brain tumors. The first step in finding a tumor is diagnosis. There are a variety of ways to be diagnosed for having a tumor. The first
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