Cerebral palsy encompasses a group of conditions that are caused by problems in brain development. Disturbances in the brain usually occur during fetal or infant brain development and effects movement and motor control in children (Lisovska‚ 2016). The cerebral cortex‚ which is the part of the brain responsible for directing muscle movement‚ is damaged and cerebral palsy thus develops. Cerebral palsy can be classified into four types which are made distinct because of its location and abnormality
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Cerebral Palsy is the choice of research I chose. It is a disorder of the nervous system that targets the muscle tone‚ movement‚ and other motor skills. I chose to do my research on this particular subject to familiarize myself of some of the symptoms and causes‚ but mostly because my great niece was diagnosed with the disorder about 3 years ago. Throughout this research paper you will notice the causes‚ diagnoses‚ the different types of cerebral palsy‚ how to evaluate‚ the symptoms‚ and treatments
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Cerebral Palsy Cerebral Palsy is a disorder of movement‚ muscle tone or posture. It affects the ability to move in a coordinated and purposeful way. The exact cause is unknown‚ but many cases are the result of problems during pregnancy in which the brain is damaged or it does not develop normally. It can be caused from anything that interferes with normal brain development such as infections and maternal health problems. It usually occurs before or during birth‚ or during the first 3 to 5
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Analyzing Psychological Disorders Tanya Harrell Psy/240 06/09/2013 Schizophrenia one of the more common psychological disorders‚ also called mental illnesses. Schizophrenia affects behavior as well as thoughts‚ and encompasses many different things‚ including auditory hallucinations and mood swings. At some point this disorder may even manifest itself into a psychotic phase that involves delusions and disorganized speech along with bizarre behavior. People who have schizophrenia believe
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DQ1 week 5 What is DNS? How do users benefit from it? Provide a brief description of the DNS process to resolve a URL to its IP address. Domain name systems (DNS) allows for an IP address to be assigned to a computer name or domain name. This system stores given names paired with IP addresses‚ which make identifying a computer on a network that much simpler. DNS follows an top-down heiratage‚ starting at the root on to top level‚ secondary level‚ subdomain level (optional)‚ and host level. Each
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CheckPoint: Functionality of Programs When a program starts in an object-oriented language‚ information is put into compartments. This is what allows the program to compute things. In this example‚ we’ll be taking an e-business and examining an order has been placed within said program. All of the data is put into the right compartments‚ but what happens when the order needs to be submitted? The program has to have the capability of taking the data from the compartments and saving it to a file that
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Post a 200- to 300-word response explaining the concepts behind the Pro-nature and Pro-nurture perspectives. Consider the following questions: • Why is it flawed to ask how much of a particular behavior is due to genetics and how much is due to experience? • Why is it appropriate to separate the contributions of genetics and experience when measuring the development of differences among individuals? Pro-nature and Pro-nurture perspectives
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Roger Sperry’s Theory of Brain Lateralization Abdul Raouf Abdul Razak B1301605 PSY111 Help University Dr Eugene Tee‚ Alex Lui‚ Dr Goh Chee Leong Human brain was thought of as a whole equally functional unit. Recent discoveries have showed that the human brain is divided into two distinctive hemispheres with distinctive functions. Most commonly in the human brain‚ the left hemisphere controls logical thinking‚ while the right hemisphere controls creativity. Although‚ patients
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bral Palsy Cerebral Palsy What is Cerebral Palsy? According to Perlstein it is a "term used to designate any paralysis‚ weakness‚ in coordination‚ or functional aberration of the motor system resulting from brain pathology."(McDonald 7). Most cases of Cerebral Palsy are diagnosed before age three‚ the sooner it is diagnosed the better the chance the child has of living a normal life. This condition usually occurs during birth or infancy and is more frequent in underdeveloped nations. The exact
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To Eat or Not to Eat Introduction: Hello my name is xxxxxxx xxxxxx and I am an Eating Disorder Counselor. Today I will be discussing the physiological reasons for eating or not eating and then I will open the floor for discussion. There are two theories on why we get hungry; these theories are called the Set or Settling Point theory‚ and the other is the Positive – Incentive theory. The Set or Settling theory differs a bit in the point of optimal weight (or fat/energy level) however the
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