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    UNIT 365 UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS AND EXPERIENCE OF DEMENTIA 1.UNDERSTAND THE NEUROLOGY OF DEMENTIA 1.1Describe a range of causes of dementia syndrome. Dementia is a word used to describe a group of symptoms including memory loss‚ confusion ‚ mood changes‚ and difficulty with day-to -day task. There are many causes of dementia wit Alzhaimer`s the most common. Alzhaimer`s disease-around 500.000 people in the UK have Alzhaimer`s.Scientists know that during Alzhaimer`s two abnormal proteins build

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    Describe the key functions of the brain that are affected by dementia. The frontal lobe is responsible for decision making‚ problem solving‚ control behaviour and emotions. The parietal lobe is responsible for sensory information from the body‚ also where letters are formed‚ putting things in order and spatial awareness. The occipital lobe is responsible for processing information related to vision. The cerebrum lobe is the biggest part of the brain‚ its role is memory‚ attention‚ thought‚ and

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    Ioannis  Karavassilis                          Audio  Engineering   August  9‚  2013   AED  1012         Ioannis  Karavassilis   Audio  Engineering   AED  1012   August  9‚  2013               Music’s  potential  as  a  positive  stimulus  for   the  brain                    

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    The first reaction time test is the reaction ruler. This test shows the speed of the occipital lobe and the motor cortex of the brain. The faster the reflex the faster the afferent and efferent pathway is. Subjects 1‚ 3 and 5 experienced reaction times that were under the average of 195.167 milliseconds. While Subjects 2‚ 4 and 6 experienced times that were over the average of the population. In general terms it could be said that subjects 1‚3 and 5 have better hand and eye coordination than subjects

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    relationships. *Amygdala: (Located in Temporal Lobe) Involved with memory‚ fear‚ and emotion. *Pituitary Gland: Releases hormones that effect growth‚ sexual development‚ and metabolism. 6. How do scientists determine which areas of the brain are associated with specific actions‚ emotions‚ or functions? Referring back to Phineas Gage‚ scientist were able to determine (based on where he was injured and what effect that had on his body) that the Frontal Lobe had something to do with personality

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    Campbell’s AP Biology Notes Chapter 48: Nervous Systems Command and Control Center * The human brain contains an estimated 100 billion nerve cells‚ or neurons * Each neuron my communicate with thousands of other neurons * Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) is a technology that can reconstruct a 3-D map of brain activity * The results of brain imaging and other research methods reveal that groups of neurons function in specialized circuits dedicated to different tasks

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    Week 2- Test Brain Response of Behavior Fill in the Blank & Multiple Choice- 2.5 pts each Name: (1). _________ focuses on the study of the brain and the nervous system. Answer:_ neuroscience_____ (2). _______ vary widely in size and shape but are the smallest unit of the nervous system. Answer:___ Neurons___ (3). _____________make neurons different than other cells. Answer:____dendrites________________ (4). The ______________is a tiny space between the axon terminals

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    Adolescent Brain Maturation and Cortical Folding: Evidence for Reductions in Gyrification Daniel Klein1‚2‚ Anna Rotarska-Jagiela1‚ Erhan Genc1‚2‚ Sharmili Sritharan1‚2‚ Harald Mohr3‚4‚ Frederic Roux1‚2‚ Cheol E. Han5‚ Marcus Kaiser5‚6‚ Wolf Singer1‚2‚7‚ Peter J. Uhlhaas1‚2‚8* 1 Department of Neurophysiology‚ Max-Planck Institute for Brain Research‚ Frankfurt am Main‚ Germany‚ 2 Ernst Stru¨ngmann Institute (ESI) for Neuroscience in Cooperation with Max Planck Society‚ Frankfurt am Main‚ Germany‚ 3

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    Question 1 In a resting state‚ the axon is polarized‚ with mostly positively charged ions outside and negatively charged ions inside.   Question 2 In the brain‚ learning occurs as experience strengthens certain connections in cell work groups called neural networks.   Question 3 When the effect of one factor (such as environment) depends on another (such as heredity)‚ we say there is a(n) ________ between the two factors. interaction   Question 4 Chromosomes are composed of a coiled

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    FALL 2011 Psychology 100 Final Exam Notes Greta Epstein Chapter 2: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY What is Scientific Inquiry? * A way of finding answers to empirical questions- questions that are answered by observing and measuring * 4 basic goals: * Describing what happens * Predicting when it happens * Controlling what causes it to happen * Explaining why it happens

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