The human brain is in many ways‚ just as mysterious as space. It is the organ that has brought the human race to an advanced state that is truly inconceivable when compared to our ancestral species’ accomplishments. The human brain has allowed humans to build kingdoms‚ let them fall‚ create massive sculptures‚ buildings‚ and computers. It has cured diseases and created languages that are used by all to describe the abstract thoughts we uniquely have. It has led us to great compassion and empathy
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Split-Brain Patients: The independent functioning of the left and right hemisphere when no longer connected by the corpus callosum. The human brain is a dynamic and elastic processing unit that manages the great extent of human life. This entails both conscious and unconscious functioning of each human system. For example‚ the brain controls emotions through behaviors‚ physiological responses (both autonomic and hormonal)‚ and feelings in response to stimuli from the environment (Carlson
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The brain‚ which weighs only three pounds and is made up of eighty percent water‚ is the key organ of our nervous system. It is divided into three different parts: the Cerebrum‚ the Cerebellum‚ and the Medulla Oblongata. The "gray matter" of the brain is about one-eighth inch thick and it gives the brain its gray color. Inside the brain is the cortex‚ which is made up of billions of neurons. These neurons extend into the cerebral hemisphere and it controls all mental activity. In this report I will
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Effects of alcohol on brain functioning and neurotransmitters The consumption of alcohol can cause an effect on several parts of the brain including the hypothalamus‚ pituitary gland‚ medulla and the limbic system (How alcohol works 2008). Each sector responds differently to alcohol‚ causing changes in specific behaviors. Cerebral cortex The role of the cerebral cortex is to decipher information received from the senses‚ processing thought‚ speech‚ and memory and indicating the majority of
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study done by Walter Kaye shows signs that the real reason behind anorexia is not self- enforced‚ but caused by an odd wiring in the brain. After taking scans of healthy and anorexia affected human brains‚ Kaye came to the realization that the scans did not match. Studies have shown that the human brain may be able to change how the prefrontal cortex‚ the self-control center of the brain‚ works‚ along with several other sections. Sections of the brain that have been rewired may allow an anorexic person
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between the two brains is in a loop that a start in the front of the brain‚ the loop includes; the parahippocampalgyrus‚ the amygdala and several other parts of the brain that are tied to emotion and impulse control. Under certain circumstances these parts of the brain would light up drastically on a “normal” person’s MRI scan‚ but would not light up at all on a psychopath’s MRI scan. Researchers‚ at King’s College London’s Institute of Psychiatry‚ say “the differences in psychopaths’ brains mark them
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Teenage Brain: A Continuous Mystery Everyone knows and remembers their tough teenage years. For some‚ it was the best time of their life; for others‚ the memories are the opposite. What is even more challenging than being a teenager yourself‚ is living with one. It is as if it happens over night; a happy‚ fun-loving child becomes a dramatic‚ chaotic pre-teen. In PBS Frontline’s “Inside the Teenage Brain”‚ some of the mysteries involving why and how the teenage brain works are revealed. The brain in
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and female brains Despite that males and females are both humans‚ we have differences in the body and the brain. There are multiple differences between the male and female brain. It is not completely understood yet but it has been seen in the multiple areas of the brain. Now that we have the technology to properly study the brain we can see that there are differences. Some of these differences are the structure of the brain‚ what side of the brain we use more and how our brain affects our
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Comp. 1101 April‚ 19 2013 Blame the Eyes and the Brain The human eye and brain are two of the most extrodinary and vauleable organs in the body. The eye gives people the ability to perform daily tasks and to explore the world around them. The brain gives people the ability to feel emotions‚ to reason‚ and to conform. Vision‚ is an occuring process that needs constant interactions between the eye‚ the nervous system‚ and the brain. When a person looks at an object‚ they are actually seeing
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The Brain and Behavior Essay Marc Gagnon BEH/225 3/15/2014 Jennifer Reed Did you know that there are four lobes that are within the brain that control the way our behavior is. The frontal lobe and the temporal lobe are the two that we are going to discuss and how they control our behavior. We will also look at what heredity has to do with our behavior and if the lobes were damaged what could the affects be. Broca’s and Wernicke’s had aphesis on the lobes. The frontal lobe
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