Neuroimaging

Brain Imaging Techniques Duane Perrin Eastern Oregon University 11/11/2016   Since the beginning of time people have been trying to understand what is going on inside our heads. With the development and continuous advancement of brain imaging techniques it has become possible to do just that. It is now possible to produce both structural and functional images of the brain. While brain imaging techniques have advanced significantly throughout history and proven extremely useful, they still have their

Through the decades, researchers have tried to solve the mystery of the enigmatic prefrontal cortex. Along with the famous case of Phineas Gage (Harlow,1848), many studies have attempted to answer the burning question of either or not lesions to the prefrontal cortex lead to an antisocial behavior. The PFC, which is found in the frontal lobe and has an executive function, helps us have an appropriate response to social situations. Why is it important to study this matter? Because we are social creatures

The Brain That Changes Itself is an informative and an educational book was written by Canadian Psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, writer, and researcher Norman Doidge, who delivers a dramatic change message about the plasticity of the brain; how the brain changes itself. "The Brain That Changes Itself" is a chain of excellent case studies of individuals who have undergone a brain deficit of some kind and examines different types of brain deficits from simple sensory; auditory and visual to complex deficits;

The Stages and Treatments of Alzheimer’s Disease Alzheimer’s disease is a brain disease with many different stages that slows one’s lifestyle and has no real cure. Alzheimer’s disease is named after Dr. Alois Alzheimer. The disease first appears around the age of sixty. Studies have concluded that as many as 5.1 million Americans have Alzheimer’s disease. A person with Alzheimer’s loses connections between neurons in the brain (1). Scientists do not know exactly what causes Alzheimer’s, but

Summary The article Privacy, Neuroscience, and Neuro-Surveillance by Adam D. Moore covers the advances of neuroscience with regards to brain scans and how it can lead to the infringement of privacy rights. Moore argues that there should be a limiting factor when dealing with brain scans. There has to be justified reasons and legal proceedings (similar to entering a private domain) when given the chance to look closely into one’s consciousness (Moore, 2016). Further, Moore defends this very argument

Brain Enhancement Solutions How to find brain enhancement solutions: The Internet is the best place to find brain enhancement solutions, since you can shop for ideas at thousands of online stores. The Internet offers you connections to ideas, tips, hints, bargains and the latest solutions in enhancing the brain. When you want to improve the memory, finding the best brain enhancement solutions can help you get the most out of improving your overall life. Some of the leading solutions in

CLINICAL APPLICATION OF VEP: Clinically, VEPs are deemed highly useful as it allows an easy detection with objective and reproducible tests and is comparatively cheaper than MRI tests (Leslie et al 2002). FRAGILE X-SYNDROME: Farzin et al (2008) examined low-level cortical visual processing in infants diagnosed with FXS in order to explore the developmental origin of this putative deficit and found that infants with FXS display significantly higher detection thresholds only for the second-order.

Ricky Vong 10/18/15 PSY 3711 Sorry, But Your Soul Just Died The article, “Sorry, but Your Soul Just Died” was an enjoyable read. Tom Wolfe article was quite amusing, and filled with details. Yet, Wolfe was able to connect and draw out the soul, moral code, and justice within the “neuroscience” discipline. It encapsulated the aggressive materialism of some new-age scientists. Furthermore, to these self-assured scientific investigators—the concept that the spirit may occur separately from the body

As neuroscience research progresses, the concept of the mind becomes of critical importance. The mind is usually considered to be a separate, nonmaterial entity compared to the physical neurons within the brain. However, the field of neuroscience is finding many connections between the physical nature of the brain and the supposed non-physical aspect of the human mind. In a sense, neuroscience seeks to understand the functioning of the mind in terms of the physical neuronal firings of the brain.

Psychologically Paige experienced many disadvantages. Because of the abuse he endured over the course of his life he exhibited many mental health issues that hindered his from brain functionality. Psychological factors are hindrances that occur in the brain. Paige showed several psychological factors that possibly contributed to his criminal activities. Paige had under developed brain functionality, impulsiveness, poor decision making, low empathy, stress, and abandonment issues. I will attempt to