Health Essays

This essay will describe cerebral asymmetry in detail and to what extent the brain function is lateralized. The topics that will be covered in this essay are, Lateralization of function, The split-brain approach, Differences between the left and right hemispheres, Three theories of cerebral asymmetry, Cortical localization of language, Evaluation of the Wernicke-Geschwind model, and […]

An Acquired Brain Injury is sudden onset of brain damage that was sustained after birth. Acquired Brain Injury is not hereditary, cognetial or a genetic disorder. Acquired Brain Injury can result in physical, cognitive, behavioural and emotional changes, the symptoms can vary dependant on the extent and the locality of the trauma. These changes may […]

Television, also referred to as TV, the boob tube, or the idiot box, has been a long-standing presence in our society for nearly a century. While opinions vary regarding its impact, an ongoing debate revolves around whether it diminishes mental acuity or fosters cognitive growth. Since the introduction of cable TV in the 1950s, concerns […]

I have always been fascinated with how the human brain works. How is it possible for humans to remember so many things and be able to retrieve that information when needed days or even years later? Prior to taking psych 100, I always thought that psychology was strictly related to emotions and behaviors. I never […]

Communication is the process of sharing information or ideas between individuals or groups. Communication takes place in different contexts, such as phone conversations or face-to-face discussions, where information is exchanged between different locations. Similarly, within the human body, information transmission plays a vital role in decision-making and action execution. For example, when an individual touches […]

Every year, more than 14,000 American children, under the age of nineteen die of accidental injury in the United State of America. Some point fingers at a certain website. Many believe that by hosting videos of people preforming hazardous stunts, YouTube is encouraging and promoting others to do the same. This website is YouTube, a […]

The article “You can grow your Intelligence” by Larry Ferlazzo helps the reader to understand the facts about intelligence and how it can be attained by practice. There is a misconception that leads people to believe that intelligence is inherent. Scientists have discovered that the brain can be improved by certain methods. The brain is […]

Brain Bigelow, John La Gaipa and William Corsaro have both made important contributions into understanding how children interpret “friendship”. Bigelow and La Gaipa carried out one of the first studies from what was a very under researched area. Bill Corsaro, a key figure in childhood studies, was particularly successful in gaining access into young children’s […]

Introduction The issue of brain drain in Malaysia has been a topic of discussion in recent years. In 2007, approximately 140,000 Malaysians left the country, and this number doubled to 305,000 between March 2008 and August 2009, according to a parliamentary report. Talented Malaysians chose to leave for reasons such as increasing crime rates, a […]

With the changing of society through technology, it is hypothesized that Digital Native’s (current generation that has grown up on technology) brains are physically different than other generations due to the stimuli they received growing up on technology. It was previously believed that your brain could not be physically changed after about the age of […]

The three domains of adult development are physical development, cognitive development, and socioemotional development. The interesting fact about the study of physical development is that it not only looks at obvious physical changes but at the unseen changes such as changes in the brain (Witt, Mossler, 2010, p. 3). Although both the study of physical […]

Drugs some use them to escape pain, others use them for pleasure, and some use them to just fit in. Either way drugs are a harmful substance that may seriously affect the body. Drugs mess with the brain in ways that we couldn’t even imagine. From destroying brain cells that help with critical thinking to […]

Technology has been very useful for the past few years in investigating cognitive process. With the use of neuro-imaging techniques, researchers can examine brain structure and function, and thus understand better the relationship between cognition and physiology. The basic neuro-imaging techniques are the PET, the MRI, and THE fMRI scan. The PET or else the […]

Studies have been conducted on cerebral lateralization and functionality of the human brain. Many studies have revealed there are no substantial differences of the left and right hemispheres of the human brain (Pinel, 2009). Some functional differences have shown one hemisphere may be slightly dominating for functional differences (Pinel, 2009). “It is widely believed that […]

There are several methods by which relationship between the brain and behavior could be studied. These are especially usually in individuals who have suffered brain damage due to trauma or are affected with a particular disease. There are two main categories by which the brain/behavior relationship can be studied, which include: – manipulation and measurement […]

Prosopagnosia is defined as the difficulty in recognizing an individuals face; it is broken down into 3 main types; Apperceptive prosopagnosia, associative prosopagnosia and developmental prosopagnosia. Perception is an important aspect when recognizing faces, without recognizing the stimulus (face) you would not be able to identify a person. Therefore the individuals who sufferer from this […]

I have chosen to do two different case studies, for my first case study I have chosen to use my dad and his psychological illness. My dad got diagnosed with black widow syndrome of the brain, this is due to an aneurysm is the brain. My second case study is the psychological illness of my […]

This studies aim was to test two hypotheses. The first one was that phonological processing in the let hemisphere is faster than in the right one and the second that the functional brain asymmetry is greater in men than in women. To do so we took 15 right handed women and 15 right handed men, […]

Stroke contributes highly to the number of deaths and disability worldwide, current treatments are to treat the source of the clot or to administer treatment for a Hemorrahagic stroke but still the rates of unrecoverable brain damage occurring is high. However new research is being carried out into the effectiveness of Brain cooling as a […]

The Core Assessment topic that I chose was “Chocolate’s Effect on Women’s Sex Drive. ” I thought this to be an important topic since I am a man who is married to a woman who loves chocolate and that I have always heard that chocolate tends to curb a woman’s sex drive. In an effort […]

The intricate nature of the Human Being, a distinct and convoluted being, is credited to its advanced cellular structure which constitutes the human body. The structure can be concisely outlined as: Cells -> Tissues -> Organs -> Systems -> Organism. Comparable cell types unite to carry out precise functions, consequently constructing tissues. For example, muscle […]

“Back to China”: the Reverse Brain Drain in China Every autumn, American students are busy with applying for undergraduate or graduate schools, so are an increasing number of Chinese students. Chinese get to realize the significance of being transnational. “Transnational” means involving in many countries. Now, human capital, especially those who have international experience, is […]