The Shallows: What the Internet is doing to our brains Nicholas Carr Over the last two decades the Internet has developed into instant source of information. Libraries and museums are slowing becoming useless for research and development‚ because of how easy and simplistic it is to discover information with just a couple mouse clicks away. Now in modern libraries people do not just go there for books‚ but they are there for the wifi hotspots as well. Tapping of the keys is the most predominant
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The Brain and Cognitive Functioning Jessica Johnson PSY 360 March 11‚ 2013 Donna M. Glover-Rogers‚ Ph.D The Brain and Cognitive Functioning The following describes the role of the brain and the impact it has on a person’s cognitive functions‚ including how injury to certain part of the brain can affect specific cognitive functions while leaving others intact. To support this idea we look at the case of Phinneas Gage‚ and how his brain injury affected his cognitive abilities. In order to
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How Does Playing Video Games Affect The Brain? How does playing video games affect the brain? In the article “Brains on Video Games‚ “ six experts discuss the positive and negative impacts that intense video gaming have on the brain. These impacts can be physical and/or mental. Here we will discuss some of the physical effects. One of the physical impacts‚ according to two of the experts‚ is on the gamer’s vision. Daphne Bavelier and C. Shawn Green claim that playing a certain type of action-based
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Although many activities and sports may be enjoyable‚ some may cause long-term consequences specifically to the brain. There have been several reports of brain trauma and head injuries due to certain sports‚ such as football. Research shows many individuals who have experienced the dangers of brain damage because of physical infliction during a game of football. The movie Concussion shows a forensic pathologist who discovers chronic traumatic encephalopathy‚ or CTE‚ while performing an autopsy on
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laterality of function means that one or the other hemisphere of the brain can perform or process certain mental tasks better than the other side. This is only true to those who have undergone a “ split brain” operation. The split brain phenomenon refers to a surgical processor that involves surgeons cut the corpus callosum that connects the left and right hemisphere. This surgery is done for patients who suffer severe epilepsy. These split brain patients reveal that the information it processed and coordinated
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influence how long your body can last without food‚ water or oxygen? Factors of this would include your environment‚ your physical health‚ your mental health‚ and your diet. 3. How do you think the brain and the nervous system assist in times of limited body resources? The brain and the nervous system work together to send signals to the body letting it know when it needs to switch fuels and when it needs to stop all together. 1. How did the swimmer in the video prepare for the energy
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Explain one study related to localization of function in the brain (Sperry) Command Term: Explain reasons or causes. Localization of function refers to the belief that specific areas of the cerebral cortex are associated with specific physical or behavioral functions. Examples of case studies to prove how specific locations of the brain can be affected and have an impact on behavior are demonstrated by the HM and Phineas Gage incident. In 1848‚ when Phineas Gage was tampering iron to press
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“How Brain Damage‚ Genes‚ and Environment‚ Lead to the Germination of Killers” Many of the most watched television shows have a basis of crime‚ and murderers are almost always involved in these shows. What is rarely explored in these shows however is how the psychopathic killers become this way. Neuroscientist and Professor Jim Fallon has been studying the brains of psychopathic killers. He has developed three factors based on analyzing a plethora of brains to determine how psychopathic killers
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short essay my brain is functioning in unison. That the left side of my brain is logically thinking of what to type in sequence‚ while my right side is viewing the context and the big picture. This type of information was something unfamiliar to me before reading “A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future‚” by Daniel H. Pink. He brings forth new ideas of how the brain truly functions and entails that the right brain is no longer a passenger to the left side of the brain. He makes the
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Human Body course. Course Project- Disease Summary When somebody is having a trouble remembering things or having trouble communicating with others they might have dementia. Dementia is a condition that has affected the human brain. When there is damage to the brain and can end up in a head injury or a stroke is when dementia can happen. The most common sign of Dementia is having memory loss. There is a wide range of symptoms when it comes to dementia. Before somebody is considered to have dementia
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