Cingulate gyrus

patient’s brain. First, it is important to know that those who have OCD have an abnormality or overactivity in their anterior cingulate gyrus. The cingulate gyrus is a component of the limbic system and is involved in the processing emotions, behavior and regulation of autonomic motor functioning. So because of that, the goal of the surgery is to stop the anterior cingulate gyrus from its activity in the patient, which in theory will be able to allow the patient to function normally again. This surgery

hypothalamic pituitary adrenal (HPA) axis (Kolb and Whishaw, 2013). Aged individuals tend to exhibit elevated levels of corticosteroids, which promote hippocampal deterioration (Cameron and McKay, 1999). A specific region within the hippocampus, the dentate gyrus, is unique in that it not only succumbs to such effects but continues to undergo neurogenesis (Cameron and McKay, 1999). However, the rate of neurogenesis is reduced if not inhibited in old

reseach in cognitive neuroscience” (p. 287). Sensory basis for prosopagnosia are important to be looked at, because it tells you what areas of the brain are associated. Prosopagnosia occurs due to the damage to the fusiform face area, in the fusiform gyrus that is located in the temporal lobe and damages to the to the occipital face area located in the occipital lobe (Grüter, Grüter, & Carbon, 2008, p. 82). However in individuals who experiences developmental prosopagnosia seem to have normal fusiform

Agnosia is defined as the inability to recognize objects through the processing of sensory information, which means there is no deficit in semantic memory or problems with naming objects. An individual suffering from agnosia still possesses all the relevant semantic information tied to a precept, but they cannot recognize the precept when it is presented to them and therefore trigger the recall of said information. There are many types of agnosia, but this essay will focus on visual object agnosia

Introduction Definition of LAC: According to the Child Act 1989, looked after children refer to children who are under 18, who do not live with parents or family and are being looked after by a social worker authorized by the local authority (Redbridge, 2015). They become looked after under a court order or a voluntary argument. There are 69540 looked after children in England as at the year ending 31 March 2015. 55% of the LAC (38530) are boys and 45% of the LAC (31010) are girls. Reasons

Are faces special? Critically evaluate the evidence that we have evolved a specialised neural network dedicated to processing faces. Brian Marron, 11461992, SF TSM. INTRODUCTION Processing faces is extremely important to humans as social beings. We are able to put and identity on thousands of faces (Gazzaniga, 2002) with ease, something we might take for granted. The value of this ability can be better understood when the world is viewed through the eyes of somebody with prosopagnosia, the inability

Recognizing a face is a starting point when interacting socially, as it is the most important stimuli we see. The face portrays information about a person’s identity, their emotional state and where they are directing their visual attention. To be able to process this information within a very short space of time is crucial in social interactions and probably dates back to our ancestor’s survival. The human brain is very adept in processing an abundance of information in a simple yet effortless

The face recognition model developed by Bruce and Young has eight key parts and it suggests how we process familiar and unfamiliar faces, including facial expressions. The diagram below shows how these parts are interconnected. Structural encoding is where facial features and expressions are encoded. This information is translated at the same time, down two different pathways, to various units. One being expression analysis, where the emotional state of the person is shown by facial features. By

specifically, aiming to find the precise area that this face recognition is processed in. Is there a specific area of the brain that is responsible for recognizing faces? More specifically, is the fusiform gyrus the area

correct response rates for recognizing affect via emotional words and facial emoticons. They also found that the part of the brain, called the fusiform gyrus, in the participants with ASD had a greater activation rate during emotional word tasks when compared to their typically developing peers. Interestingly, the investigators found that the fusiform gyrus of the participants with ASD had less of an activation response to facial emoticons when compared to their typically developing peers (Han et al.,