Neurobiology

Who am I? Well that’s a great question that I don’t even know if I can answer, but I can tell you how I became the person I am today. I started dance at the age of two years old. I started competing in dance competitions at 6 years old and I still continue to dance. This might seem like a trivial fact, but in reality, it has shaped me into the person I was today. Dance has taught me not just to dance, but how to be a leader, how to work in teams, and how to see a new perspective of things. It has

2009). A great deal advancements have been done in neurobiology that have provided a helpful neurocircuitry framework that identifies the neurobiological and neuroadaptive mechanisms implicated in the growth of drug addiction. The brain reward system implicated in the development of addiction is composed of key elements of the basal forebrain with a focus on the nucleus accumbent and central nucleus of the amygdala (Koob, Neurobiology of Addiction, 2011). The research done in this study supports

dopamine, another additive dug, influences reward. There is a lot of research on the neurobiology of reward, which is derived from studies of addiction. It is suggested that perhaps neural circuits that mediate reward evolved for ethologically relevant cues like social attachment. In Thomas R. Insel (2003) review, he explores Paul MacLeans work on brain-behavior evolution by suggesting an approach to the neurobiology of attachment. At first the role of dopamine in the mediation of natural reward was

Human development can be studied by researching both physical and mental development. It can be studied by focusing on the external human body, along with the processes and intricate systems that have been developed by our body. It can also focus on the human brain, specifically on the internal development of human behaviour and interaction. Consequently, I have built my degree plan to represent both viewpoints in development. Physiology, the study of life and how cells and tissues in the body work

brain chemistry and structure are responsible for personality traits, and, furthermore, that these specific chemistries and architectures are genetic. The arguments naturally have a crucial interest in neurobiology and its implications on personality. One of the most foundational examples of neurobiology is Eysenck’s three-factor model of personality (Carducci, 2009). Eysenck argued that individuality could ultimately be reduced to two principal elements that are extraversion and neuroticism. Eysenck

looking for published English articles between 1999 to 2009 with the search words, antisocial personality disorder, dissocial personality disorder, and psychopathy. The purpose of the literature search was to look for advances in understanding the neurobiology of violence and empathy, effective treatment modalities, and ethical implications in defining 'at-risk' individuals for preventive interventions. Data sources for this review included clinical journals, cohort studies, interventional studies,

The Neuron Doctrine: Sutton Peer Commentary In John Sutton’s commentary on “The Neuron Doctrine,” he elucidates two main arguments against Gold and Stoljar’s essay. First, Sutton claims that fundamentally, Gold and Stoljar’s (G&S) distinction between biological and cognitive neuroscience is inadequate, and second he makes a case for a partial reductionist theory. Sutton explains that Gold and Stoljar define biological neuroscience as encompassing both physical neuronal structure as well as the study

process the developmental cues of an individual's partner because they have mutual regulation (Tatkin, 2003). In other words, this means that couples can recognize emotional cues in their partners before a partner even “verbalize[s] them” because they are so attuned to one another (Tatkin, 2003, p. 76). Overall, having a high level of attunement helps couples regulate each other and be able to read each other’s emotional cues. Meanwhile, there are also advantages on one's mental, physical, and emotional

It is the goal of this paper to demonstrate that the phenomenon of PTSD, despite the fact that its multiple emotional and psychosocial effects are constantly being debated, is soundly rooted in neurobiology, and that this aspect of PTSD lends support to the notion that brain = behavior. The general problem in the assessment of PTSD is that "Traditional psychotherapy addresses the cognitive and emotional elements of trauma, but lacks techniques

Meet Michael. He’s twenty-two years old, has neatly cropped hair, and dons a fabulous pair of red glasses. At first glance, he’s mild mannered and polite, with a friendly disposition and toothy smile. But when the courts are swept, shoes are laced, and ball is in hand, Michael Wang transforms. Suddenly, it’s Lebron James spinning furiously to the basket. On other days, Allen Iverson dances into his infamous killer crossover as two defenders tumble to the floor. And when Kobe lines up at the three-point