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    The Printing Press by Johannes Gutenberg

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    The short term memories are stored in the hippocampus, the long-term are stored in the cerebral cortex, and the flashbulb memories are stored in a special part of the cerebral cortex called the amygdala (Young 2010; Hamzelou, 2011). Short-term memory can hold seven items of information for fifteen to twenty seconds. Information that was received verbally and information that was received

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    The Amygdala

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    not yet been highly analyzed. A more thorough analysis of a stimulus is done in the sensory cortex that also projects to the amygdala . Thalamus The thalamus is located in the forebrain superior to the mid brain near the center of the brain with nerve fibers projecting out to the cerebral cortex in all directions. The main function of the thalamus is to relay motor and sensory signals to the cerebral cortex . Hippocampus The hippocampus is

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    at 08/03/14) Brain Part Function A) Frontal lobe The frontal lobes of the brain are the most anterior, which means they are positioned right behind your forehead and at the top-front of the head. The frontal lobes, which are also called the cerebral cortex, are the seat of emotions and judgments related to sympathy, which is the ability to feel sadness for someone else's suffering, and empathy, which the ability to understand another's feelings and problems. They are also the seat of understanding

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    functions of our brain and how it relates to completing this task. Before anything can begin the process to turn the key in the ignition must begin with the decision to complete the task. The area responsible is called the prefrontal cortex (PFC) which is the cerebral cortex located in the frontal lobe. Although this area is implicated in planning complex cognitive behaviour, personality expression, decision making and moderating social behaviour (Yang, 2009) we are primarily interested in its effect

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    is responsible for our perception of other emotions, both positive and negative, which explains the mood altering properties of many drugs. The cerebral cortex is divided into areas that control specific functions. Different areas process information from our senses, enabling us to see, feel, hear, and taste. The front part of the cortex, the frontal cortex or forebrain, is the thinking center of the brain, it powers our ability to think, plan, solve problems, and make decisions.

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    study arsenic was not able to manifest any significant alteration in the DNA laddering pattern in cerebral cortex and cerebellum tissues. Reports reveal that arsenic can initiate adult neurogenesis. It impairs monoaminergic neurotransmission which is associated to Alzheimer-related pathologies [2]. In the present study both arsenic induced anomalies and degeneration of cell bodies in the cerebral cortex along with its decisive restrainment by green tea extract have been studied. Earlier Microscopic

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    Abst [Alzimer it 's a disease that is common on age 60 or older. This disease is named after Dr.Akois Alzheimer, in 1906. He notist some changes in the brain tissue of a woman who have died and had a mental problem. her mental symptoms was loss the memory, language problem, sand some communication behavior. When he was examined her brain he found some abnormal clumps, and tangled bundles of fibers. === Alzheimer is a disease memory and thinking skills. At first, people have hard

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    The temporal lobe is one of the four lobes of the cerebral cortex. It is right behind the temples, in the bottom-middle part of the cortex. The temporal lobe is anterior to the occipital lobe, separated by the preoccipital notch, and inferior to the parietal and frontal lobe. The temporal lobe is delineated above by the lateral sulcus, or sylvian fissure. It takes up about 17% of the cerebral cortex, making it the second largest lobe after the frontal lobe. Only Primates have temporal lobes. The

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    Autism: A Physiological Perspective Essay

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    hippocampus plays a critical role in allowing people to consolidate recent information and events. Deep in the medial temporal lobes of the brain in complex vertebrates, amygdala is responsible for processing and memorizing emotional responses. Cerebral cortex is a thin layer of gray tissue on the surface of the central brain hemisphere. About two thirds of this

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    Even if an individual does not experience any obvious structural changes, alterations in cerebral blood flow, neuronal activity, and neurotransmitters can still be apparent.1 Behavioral malformations can include attention deficit or hyperactivity, as well as impaired adaptive behavior, social skills, and social communication.2 A range of affected

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