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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The brain is one of the most important vital organs that make up the human body. It is the body’s control center and plays a role in every function that humans perform by sending and receiving signals to and from all of the parts of the human body. The brain has three different components that make up its structure and those components are the cerebrum‚ cerebellum‚ and brain stem. Each of theses components can each be broken down into their own individual parts and each of those parts plays a role
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PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF LOVE Being in love is one of those life experiences that many people desire. Since ancient times‚ love has been the force that has motivated writers‚ such William Shakespeare who wrote o his famous play “Romeo and Juliet”‚ and painters such Vincent Van Gogh that incited by the love for Margot Begemann‚ one of his muses‚ to paint momentous paintings. Paris and Helen of Troy’s love lead to one of the most famous wars‚ The Trojan War. Because of love‚ Emperor
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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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Human multitasking is the best performance by an individual of appearing to handle more than one task at the same time. The term is derived from computer multitasking. An example of multitasking is taking phone calls while typing an email. Some believe that multitasking can result in time wasted due to human context switching and apparently causing more errors due to insufficient attention. Etymology The term "multitasking" originated in the computer engineering industry.[1] It refers to the
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Chapter 1: “The Phantom Within” Modularity vs. Holism Modularity – different parts of the brain are highly specialized for mental capabilities. (i.e.‚ FFA‚ module for language‚ and etc…) Holism – “connectionism”; many areas‚ especially cortical regions‚ can be recruited for multiple tasks. *** Ramachandran believes these two views are not mutually exclusive. The brain is a dynamic structure that employs both “modules: in a marvelously complex interplay. (uses Baywatch as an analogy‚ saying
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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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Trauma is a part of everyone’s life. Some people are affected outwardly‚ others are not. Trauma does not have to be a traumatizing event‚ sometimes it can just be the stress of everyday life taking an overwhelming toll on the body and the mind. Trauma can change a person for the rest of their life. It can change their behavior‚ personality‚ and even the size of their hippocampus. The hippocampus‚ which is the center for emotion and memory‚ is a very important part of the brain. When most people think
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Biological level of analysis – serotonin Serotonin is a neurotransmitter which plays different roles in our brain‚ and can have effects such as sleep‚ arousal levels and emotion. The study was conducted by two researchers‚ Kasamatsu and Hirai‚ at Tokyo’s University in 1999. The aim of the study was to find out how the sensory deprivation affects the brain and later on‚ the human behavior. In order to achieve their aim‚ the researchers examined a group of Buddhist monks who went to a religious
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Apraxia: An Overview It is undisputed that there is a predisposition in human behavior to imitate and mimic those around us. It is even thought that this ability is endowed in humans from the time of birth. Newborns‚ for instance‚ first begin to imitate the gestures of their caregivers. Even adults have a tendency to mimic behaviors or attitudes. One neurological disorder‚ however‚ may debilitate this tendency. This is one of the most prominent characteristics of apraxia. According to Rachel
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