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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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Brain Surgery Plastic Surgery
1,416 wordsThe most important and influential discovery was the practice of surgery. With this invention, human life became more sophisticated, humans lived longer, and we obtained a knowledge of ourselves sufficient enough to break the boundaries built by ignorance. Lacking prescription drugs, accurate tools, computer technology, and any background experience to build from, our ancestors struggled to learn how to repair the human body. They did an suprisingly competent job of treating the sick and injured...
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York Basic Books Brain Surgery
1,274 words... autopsy. The use of autopsy came about due to the extensive embalming practices of the Egyptians. It was not unlikely for an embalmer to examine the body for a cause of the illness which killed it. The use of surgery evolved from a knowledge of the basic anatomy and embalming practices of the Egyptians. Doctors and other medical personnel kept detailed notes on papyrus describing the conditions they encountered, and the treatment applied in all areas of medicine, including gynecology, bone s...
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Corpus Callosum Feminine Traits
3,785 wordsLeft and Right Brain The article in which I chose to examine is called Right Brain, Left Brain: Fact and Fiction, written by Jerry Levy. In the past fifteen years or so there has been a lot of talk of left brain and right brain people. Levy's reason for righting this article was clearly to stop the misconceptions and show the truth about how our brain hemispheres operate. Levy first explores the myth of the left brain and right brain theory. She states that generally people see the left hemisphe...
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Important To Remember Frontal Lobotomy
2,992 wordsOne Flew OverPshycosurgery Introduction One Flew Over the Cock s Nest presents a flashing array of images and scenes that are impossible to ignore and impossible to forget. One particular scene, where Jack Nicholson is being led to bed with a marring scar on his forehead, is among the most socially disturbing. For, we find it hard to believe that humanity had scrambled the brains of those who could not live within the confines of society. Nicholson s character received a pre-frontal lobotomy. No...
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Central Nervous System Corpus Callosum
4,493 wordsSplit-Brain Psychology A Paper by: David Norelid Imagine being asked to sing Mary Had a Little Lamb and not being able to remember the words but only being able to hum the tune, or knowing the full lyrics, but only being able to bellow out what most closely resembles the cry of an abandoned calf. You cannot sing and remember the words at the same time because your brain hemispheres have been severed from each other. Imagine trying to play the piano, while one hand wants to play Rachmaninov, and ...
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