Distinctiveness between the right and left hemisphere of the brain Word Count: 995 Abstract The brain assymetry experiment is to investigate on the distinctiveness of the right and left hemisphere in the brain as each hemisphere has certain specializations. The experiment were carried out by initially asking the 25 participant on whether they were left or right handed and they had to choose the chimeric image which appeared younger to them. Laterality quotients were calculated in order to
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Gelotology is the study of humor and laughter‚ and its effects on the human body. It is also the psychological and physiological study of laughter. The word is from the Greek gelos‚ geloto meaning laugh‚ laughter‚ laughing. A gelotologist is a person who specializes in gelotology. The word gelotology is often misspelled as gelatology. There is well documented and ongoing research in this field of study. Studies of this include all aspects of the human body a brief description of the influence
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Being Human and Self-Awareness Throughout the entirety of The Tell Tale Brain the author‚ V.S Ramachandran makes distinct points regarding what makes humans‚ well human. He describes this determining factor as self-awareness. In his book he points out that self-awareness not only makes us human but also wants us to be more. Essentially‚ it makes us always want to be better than what we are and‚ as humans‚ this is unique to only us. Ramachandran defines self-awareness as “This aspect of the self
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DEM 201 1.1- Dementia are the signs and symptoms caused as a result of specific diseases such as Alzheimer’s or a stroke that involve the damaging of brain cells; as the brain cells die the person with a dementia will lose their ability to do things they are used to doing as different parts of the brain are damaged. Dementia affects both older and younger people and the decline in the person will get worse as more brain cells are damaged or die. 1.2-The main areas of the brain that are affected
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From an investigation of the connection between strain components in uniaxial tests‚ this research conducted a mixture of experimental and numerical analysis to determine the damage constitutive constraints of the brain tissue by exploiting nonlinear optimization method. To do that‚ a mixture of the gray and white matters of the brain tissue were imaged using MRI and then the tractography approached was used to determine the angle of collagen fibers in them. Finally‚ the tissue samples were subjected
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There are three major brain divisions. They are the cerebrum‚ the brainstem‚ and the cerebellum. The cerebrum contains 40% of the weight of the brain and is founded in the superior part of the brain. This portion of the brain has many functions and lobes which perform certain functions. The frontal lobe is involved with “activating and controlling both fine and complex motor activities.” This involves speech. It is also involved with the executive functions‚ such as reasoning and rationalizing‚ among
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The Parietal Lobe The brain is a fascinating yet complicated structure. Without it our involuntary functions while we sleep and our natural reflexes would vanish. Every part of our nervous system works together‚ it becomes one whole. One fundamental part of our brain‚ that is probably one of the most important to the disabled‚ is the Parietal Lobe which receives impulses that control one of our most important senses; touch. The Parietal Lobe is located near the center of the brain‚ behind the frontal
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Cerebellum The Cerebellum (Latin for “little brain”) is the section of the brain responsible for motor controls coordination and perception. The Cerebellum is considered one of the most important parts of the brain partly due to the fact that‚ although being only 10% of the size of the entire brain‚ it contains over 50% of the neurons found in the brain. The Cerebellum is located in the lower rear section of the brain and it almost looks separate for the brain itself. The most
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The Brain contains 25 parts which each have a different function. This includes the brain stem which connects to the spinal chord. The brains stem helps to perform basic functions for humans like heart rate‚ breathing‚ digesting food‚ and for sleeping. You can locate the brainstem below the limbic system. The Brainstem contains the pons and medulla. The pons is above the medulla and helps to perform motor control like sounds are transferred from the ear to the brain through the pons. It also helps
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Localization of Brain Function Psychologists have found that the brain often shows “localization of function”. This means that different parts of the brain carry out different tasks‚ for example‚ vision‚ voluntary movement and speech. The idea is that not all parts of the brain do the same thing‚ and that each part functions on its own‚ without the aid of other areas of the brain. This may seem obvious‚ but other organs‚ such as the liver‚ do not show localization of function; one part of the liver
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