seizures take on many forms and placements in the brain. This can commonly be explained as focal, partial, simple partial seizures and generalized. Focal or partial usually starts in one part of brain and affects the part of the body that is connected to that brain. Simple partial usually only affects one part of the body and commonly the child is alert. Generalized involves the whole brain during the seizure (“Epilepsy in Children: What every parent needs to know,” n.d.). The importance of understanding
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Color blindness or color vision deficiency is the inability or decreased ability to see color, or perceive color differences, under lighting conditions when color vision is not normally impaired. "Color blind" is a term of art; there is no actual blindness but there is a fault in the development of one or more sets of retinal cones that perceive color in light and transmit that information to the optic nerve Muscular dystrophy (MD) is a group of muscle diseasesthat weaken the musculoskeletal system
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researchers to learn more about the human brain and what regions affect behavior in humans. Mr. Gage was working as a foreman for a railroad when a rod when through his brain. Before his accident, Mr. Gage was “intelligent, well-balanced…modest and reliable” (Ellis, n.d.) This seems to be true because he was a man in authority, he was a foreman in charge of several men. Women seemed interested in him, at the beginning of the video, Frontal Lobes and Behavior- The Story of Phineas Gage, he was having a tussle
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have been found to use or have used steroids for the purpose of increasing muscle mass. This percentage may be even higher due to the reluctance of the surveyed to admit to illegal steroid use. Aside from damaging effects to the body, such as organ damage and sterility, steroids have been known to cause random instances of extreme anger – the famous “roid rage”. The stages of steroid use present an interesting dynamic. According to the Medical Journal of Australia, when users first begin to use the
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The Brain There are four lobes of the brain: 1) Frontal Lobe which can be found in the front of the “central sulcus”. This lobe of the brain is in charge of the reasoning, planning, contains the parts involved in speech/movement, emotions, and also with problem-solving. 2) Parietal Lobe which can be found behind the “central sulcus.” This lobe of the brain is in charge of proper perception concerning pain, different temperature, pressure, and touch. 3) Occipital lobe which can be found in the back
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Epilepsy "Epilepsy is a neurological disorder characterized by short, recurrent, periodic attacks of sensory and motor malfunctions called seizures. Epileptic seizures are initiated by abnormal discharges of electricity from the brain. They occur suddenly and overwhelm the patient without any possibility of avoiding the fit. Seizures are brief, lasting from seconds to minutes. "The negative phenomenon that a patient might experience as a result of seizures is loss of awareness, loss of muscle tone
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character. On that fateful day while working on a construction project in Vermont, Phineas Gage sustained a horrific injury to his brain when a huge metallic rod accidentally penetrated through his skull. (Fleischman, 2004) The magnitude of the damage caused by this injury was there for all to see; the metallic rod had left a gaping hole in Gage’s skull. Amazingly, Phineas Gage survived the accident. However, this injury completed changed his personality and he would no longer relate with people
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Psych 100, Notes Sept. 6, 2012 History and Perspectives * Definitions of Psychology * The science of mental life (William James, 1890) * “The study of human or animal behaviour” (Webster’s Dictionary 1988) * “The scientific study of behavior and mind” “The scientific study of behaviour and its causes” (Passer & Smith) * Roots of the Word * Psyche – Greek for soul * Logos – Greek for the study of a subject * Related Fields * Philosophy
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as compared to the young adult whose abilities seem intact. INTRODUCTION The cerebral cortex can be divided into four sections, which are known as lobes, named for the bones of the skull that cover them. The frontal lobe refers to the anterior portion of the cerebral cortex and includes everything in front of the central sulcus. The frontal lobe contains most of the dopamine-sensitive neurons in the cerebral cortex. The dopamine system is associated with reward, attention, short-term memory tasks
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Differences and Similarities in Generalized Characteristic Traits among Genders: The Sociopath and Psychopath by Evelyn J. Dotson MS, University of Phoenix, 2015 Thesis Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science Psychology University of Phoenix March, 2015 Abstract Psychopathic and sociopathic general characteristic traits are found in both genders in various populations. More research on the general characteristic traits of females
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