Neurobiological

The third subject that is beneficial to understand sleeping is physiological aspect of sleeping. In spite of there a many theories about neurobiological aspect of dreaming and sleeping, some physiological theories are asserted. In general, theories about sleeping and dreaming try to explain functions, effects to human brain or body and the definition of them. As a definition Edwards reported that Dr. Hobson explained dreaming by using jogging example. All dreams or every parts of a dream are not

Nehal, Mohammad and Afzal, Mohammad. (2013). “Evolution of Human Language – A Biolinguistic, Biosemiotic and Neurobiological Perspective”; Language in India, ISSN 1930-2940 Vol. 13:6, June 2013. Précis by Samantha Sutton, December 2, 2015 TOPIC In this article there are several depictions of how language has come about and how language has formed not only in humans but in the animal kingdom as well. Nehal and Afzal use several other scholars work in defining their research on the topic

Drug addiction: Neuro-Behavioral Approach ChanMee Bae University of Washington, Seattle PSYCH 448F Autumn2015 Abstract In this paper, I am going to summarize how chronic drug use affects the function of the brain and how this leads to the aberrant behavioral manifestations of addiction. (Volkow & Li, 2005) A view of drug addiction has been changed from the ‘choices’ of the addicted individuals to the dysfunction of brain. The drug addiction may be regarded as the disease of the brain reward system

Smoking rates are particularly high among patients diagnosed with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a mental health condition triggered by a traumatic event (Hawkins & Cougle, 2013). Although the literature recognizes the trends in smoking rates in such patients, few researchers have examined the effects of nicotine on PTSD symptoms. This literature review focuses on the particular effects of nicotine on memory and attention that serve to increase specific symptoms of PTSD. One of the hallmark

Stress in children are situations that produce anxiety and require them to adapt or change. Family stressors such as divorce, domestic violence, and poverty have a tremendous affect on preschool children and are ultimately detrimental to their development. Although stress is normal for children to experience, preschoolers are not resilient towards stressors and are highly affected by them. The effects of stressors on children are not minimal either. Not only do family stressors affect children's’

An eating disorder is a several psychological disorder that is characterized by serious disturbances of eating behavior. The most popular types of EDs that involve food restriction and or purging to reduce their weight are, Bulimia Nervosa and Anorexia Nervosa, the latter being the most deleterious and deadly. According to the DSM-V, Anorexia Nervosa (AN) is a psychiatric disorder that is characterized by “persistent energy intake restriction; intense fear of gaining weight or of becoming fat, or

“Dreaming and their subsequent emotional interpretation have been investigated and recorded since the beginning of recorded history”. (as cited in Palagini; Rodenlicht, 2010). Recent experimental investigations applied to neurobiological and psychological perspectives of sleep identify a greatly dynamic arousal state, which in turn predicts a variety of physiological responses. One of the key stages associated within sleep is known as REM (rapid eye movement) sleep; REM sleep at one stage was thought

Psychology Learning Disorder Mary Mendoza Northern Oklahoma College   Dyslexia and the brain: What does current research tell us? • Dyslexia is a frequently misunderstood reading issue where letters or words are often converse. Not only does it effect reading but spelling as well. Children will often have decoding issues such as reverse letters and words, which are common in the early stages of learning to read and write. Their struggles to identify words they do not know will produce many errors

There are many models of addiction. It appears that addiction is still not totally understood by the establishment due to the different interactions including everything from family dynamics, genetics, economic availability of substances to brain chemistry, morality, and social interactions as well as other criteria. The following is a sample of four different models of addiction with some of the positives and negatives of each model. The allergy model was born from Dr. Silkworth’s opinion

After being rejected or losing someone, a feeling of pain follows. People will describe their upset feelings as “physical-pain.” For instance, some will say “I’m crushed” and “my heart is broken,” knowing they are not physically crushed and their heart is not physically broken. This feeling of pain seems to happen to everyone around the world, even with people that speak different languages. Although many falsely describe their social pains as physical pains, researchers are starting to believe that