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Hemisphere Of The Brain Homo Erectus
1,433 wordsThe ability of humans to learn and retain knowledge is an incredible power source and also a dominant characteristic of the human species. The intricate abilities of the mind allow for humans to learn skills and to have the power to control and dominate the world they live in by means of learned behavior. The two cerebral hemispheres of the left and right specialize in motor and sensory skills which specialize the social established beliefs and behaviors unique to humans. In writing The Social B...
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Central Nervous System Peripheral Nervous System
1,365 wordsThe definition of Brain as given in the Taber's Cyclopaedia Medical Dictionary is "Brain- a large soft mass of nerve tissue contained within the cranium; the carnal portion of the central nervous system. The anatomy of the brain is composed of neurons (nerve cells) and neuroglia or supporting cells. The brain consists of gray and white matter. Gray matter is composed mainly of neuron cell bodies and is concentrated in the cerebral cortex and the nuclei and basal ganglia. White matter is composed...
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Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Cerebral Hemispheres
2,341 wordsWhat life is like with prospagnosia? Damage to the brain can result in many different types of abnormal behavior depending on the extent and area of injury. One area of significance, visual agnosia, was a term coined by Sigmund Freud to describe the inability to merge singular visual impressions into a comprehensive pattern (Kolb & Whishaw, 1996). This effect was seen to occur despite the individual having undiminished fundamental perceptual competency in areas like acuity and brightness discrim...
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Attention Deficit Disorder Cerebral Cortex
2,626 wordsADD. Your child has ADD. Such diagnosis appears more and more often during the last 25 years. What is ADD? How does it affect brain? What are the ways to cope with it? In accordance with recent researches, 17 million people in the United States of America have Attention Deficit Disorder. 10 - 20 % of children in every school suffer from ADD. Teachers usually dont like such children and state they dont have learning skills. According to Daniel G. Amen, M. D (using controversial SPECT brain scans)...
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Neural Tube Defects Central Nervous System
2,539 wordsDevelopment of the Human Zygote November 16, 1995 Hundreds of thousands of times a year a single-celled zygote, smaller than a grain of sand, transforms into an amazingly complex network of cells, a newborn infant. Through cellular differentiation and growth, this process is completed with precision time and time again, but very rarely a mistake in the blueprint of growth and development does occur. Following is a description of how the pathways of this intricate web are followed and the mistake...
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