Cerebral cortex

Poverty and Brain Cortex Area: A Correlational Study The extent of nature and nurture on the development of the human brain has long been studied by neuroscientists and cognitive psychologists. Up to what degree does each variable play in each function of the brain? A group of psychologists recently conducted the largest correlational study looking for the relationship between socioeconomic status (SES) of a family and its effects on the brain morphology and behavior of the children raised in them

Running Head: PERSUASIVE ESSAY 2 Introduction Depending on the area of the brain that is affected by a stroke, patients may find they can no longer move certain body parts due to paralysis, they may have trouble talking or reading and their cognitive function is severely declined. Current after stroke therapy focuses mostly on palliative care and management of symptoms, instead of restoring cognitive or physical

Gambling and the Brain Why do gamblers bet more after they just lost a hand? Why do investors throw good money after bad? Why do people believe that a string of losses makes a win more likely? Why do so many people say that they will win their money back in the next hand? Is part of the appeal of gambling its unpredictability? Or do we just look at it as a way to "get rich quick"? The answer to these questions may lie in the science of the brain. Some studies indicate that gamblers bet more

1.1 What is representational similarity analysis? Representational similarity analysis (RSA) is an analysis framework builds on a rich psychological and mathematical literature, in which multi-channel measures of neural activity are quantitatively related to each other and to computational theory and behavior by comparing RDMs. RDM is the representational dissimilarity matrix, which contains a cell for each pair of experimental conditions. Each cell is a number reflecting the dissimilarity

As a neurodegenerative brain disorder, Parkinson’s disease affects the neurons in the human brain. This disease affects everyone differently. However, there are common symptoms that all patients with Parkinson’s experience. At this time, there is no cure for the disease, but there are several ways to improve the quality of life. Although research is never complete, there is a lot of information on Parkinson’s disease that individuals should know. Parkinson’s disease affects the brain of the individual

Language are our human’s foundation to live with others, and currently more than 6000 types of language are spoken by human. There are various components that create language. The combination of letters and sounds create meaning and can be represented verbally (communication), physically (written) or mentally (thoughts). Our ability to communicate and speak is represented within the brain and relies on other cognitive processes, such as memory, to process, store and retrieve language. What makes

This provides an overview of the steps that were used for the processing of the data. In general all of the processes were executed using batch macros in ImageJ and the resulting files were saved at each step. 1. Import the movie file into ImageJ. 2. Bin images by 4x (Image > Adjust Size > 512 x 512 > Average when downsizing > Interpolation: Bilinear). Based on the results from a parallel study, this improves the tracking of rapidly moving mitochondria. 3. StackReg each 50 frame movie (Plugins >

supramarginal gyrus connect the temporal and frontal lobes, allowing the brain to combine letters to make words which can be spoken (SciLearn). The system of the brain that controls reflective thought includes the pre-frontal cortex. Located superior to the frontal lobe, the pre-frontal cortex also functions in memory and attention. Neurons are the basic neurological cell. Each neuron has appendages named axons and dendrites. Dendrites bring information towards the soma, or center of the neuron. Neurons send

daytime hours (Medina, 2014 & Goswami, 2004). Research according to Medina (2014) has not depicted exactly how much sleep a person needs due to the lack of uniformity of individuals, but has focused on what numbers of hours of sleep that disrupt normal functioning. It is suggested that we need to get enough sleep to prevent a negative toll on the body, and this amount varies from individual to individual. There are strategies Medina (2014) shares that teachers and administrators can use to assist

0.50, 0.75 and 1.0 mmol/L while the inhibitor (5, 6 DHT) was kept at constant concentration for each experiment: 140, 280, 420 or 560 µmol/L. RESULTS The AChE content in whole and five different parts of rat brain, namely; basal ganglia, frontal cortex, cerebellum, medulla oblongata and pons was measured at a constant substrate concentration of 0.5 mmol/L AThChI. The results showed that the basal ganglia contained the highest amount of AChE (22.5 µmol/min/g wet wt), while the cerebellum contained