QUESTIONS FOR MODEL 1. Which lobe of the brain is important for vision? Where is it located? The occipital lobe is important for vision and it’s located in the left cerebral hemisphere. 2. Which part of the brain is important for reasoning? Where is it located? The frontal lobe is important for reasoning and it’s located in the left cerebral hemisphere. 3. Describe three functions of the nervous system. the function of the nervous system is to send signals from one cell to others‚ or from one
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called “electrotactile stimulation for sensory substitution”‚ an area of study that involves using encoded electric current to represent sensory information and applying that current to the skin‚ which sends the information to the brain. 1.INTRODUCTION A blind woman sits in a chair holding a video camera focused on a scientist sitting in front of her. She has a device in her mouth‚ touching her tongue‚ and there are wires running from that device to the video camera
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human brain has five divisions. They start forming in the vertebrae embryo as the tissue that eventually develops into the central nervous system. The first developments of the brain are three swellings that appear at the anterior end of a fluid filled tube. These swellings eventually become the forebrain‚ midbrain‚ and hindbrain. What happens is‚ the forebrain swelling grows into two different swellings and so does the hindbrain swelling. This is what makes up the five divisions of the brain. These
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Mind Versus Brain The mind and the brain are extremely complex matters. It has often been debated whether or not the two can even be considered separate. Some scientists and philosophers believe that the mind and the brain are one‚ in the sense that the brain controls the mind; however‚ this idea is quite debatable. It is extremely difficult for us to fully understand the mind versus the brain in terms of their respective functions. “Many aspects of cognition will never be explained through a scientific
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MY PHILOSOPHICAL UNDERSTANDING The text “brains in a vat” talks about representation as reference with intent. It argues that referring to ‘anything as anything’ is not representation unless it is done with intention. This is explained‚ one may refer to an object through words‚ however‚ it is necessary to have the mental image of that object so that the words become a representation of the object. This characteristic of intentionality is consistent in our thoughts (it allows us to refer one thing
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Brain Vs Mind Brain Mind Definitions The brain is an organ of soft nervous tissue‚ located in the skull of vertebrates; it is the controlling centre of the nervous system. (Dictionary 2010) The mind is the centre of the consciousness that generates thoughts and feelings; the mind itself stores knowledge and memories. (Dictionary 2010) Assumptions and Methods Monism is the belief that the brain and the mind are the same thing. (Robson 2011) MRI scans and other experiments have demonstrated
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five differences in male and female brain? The size of the brain in both male and female are different‚ males are said to have larger brain than the female. Thou in females the frontal lobe is larger‚ frontal lobe is used for problem solving and decision making .In males the parietal cortex is larger‚ the function of this space perception and regulation of sexual for social behavior. Woman’s brain have tighter packed neurons which explains why a female brain works faster for score higher on language
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million people suffer from it‚ many of them are struggling to find a simple yet effective solution to their problem. Recently‚ an idea of using electrical current to stimulate the brain has emerged on a popular social news and discussion website. Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS)‚ now popularly called “brain hacking”‚ is said to not only help those battling depression‚ epilepsy and other similar conditions but also to improve concentration‚ memory and mental abilities of healthy individuals
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The five major structures of the brain are myelencephalon‚ Metencephalon‚ mesencephalon‚ diencephalon and telencephalon. The myelencephalon carries signals from the brain to the entire parts of the human body and it is also uniquely shaped looking like a little net. The Metencephalon is made up of ascending and descending tracts just like the myelencephalon. It has two major divisions which are pons and the cerebellum. The mesencephalon has two divisions also and they are the tectum and the tegmentum
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at once.” — Juvenal‚ Satires The aim of this essay is a controversial one: to provide evidence in support of the thesis that porn addiction‚ especially when accompanied by compulsive masturbation over a long period‚ alters brain chemistry and can eventually produce brain damage. This is not a conspiracy theory. It is an intellectually defensible thesis for which there is now a growing body of scientific evidence. Perhaps the quickest way to tame and tranquilize an unruly nation is to turn its
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