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The Brain Essays and Term Papers
Fetal Alcohol Syndromeis characterized by a cluster of congenital birth defects that include prenatal and postnatal growth deficiency. There is also facial abnormalities including small head circumference; flatten mid-face sunken nasal bridge; flatten and elongated philtrum. There is some central nervous system ...
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Alzheimer’s Diseaseis a slowly progressive, degenerative disorder of the brain that eventually results in abnormal brain function and death. The disease was first described in 1907 by a German physician, Dr. Alois Alzheimer(1864-1915). In the neurological autopsy on the brain of a 56-year-old woman Auguste D., of ...
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Huntington's DiseaseBackground
is inherited as an autosomal dominant disease that gives
rise to progressive, elective (localized) neural cell death associated with
choleric movements (uncontrollable movements of the arms, legs, and face) and
dementia. It is one of the more common inherited brain disorders. About ...
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Alzheimer's Q&AAlzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Assoc. Inc.
70 E. Lake Street, Suite 600
Chicago, Illinois 60601
What is Alzheimer's Disease?
The most common form of dementing illness, Alzheimer's Disease (AD) is
a progressive, degenerative disease that attacks the ...
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No Representation Of Allocentric Space Has Been Found In The" brain"
Critically evaluate this statement.
The question of how animals and humans navigate is a fundamental research problem upon which there has been much experimentation and debate, and so it is necessary to refine the title to a specific point. As Tolman (1948) established that rats can ...
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DreamsA high school athlete can dream of advancing their career to college, or even professionally. A filthy rich man can dream he is poor and living in the slums. Author Naomi Epel believes that "Your unconscious knows things your conscious doesn't. It can be an alley with new insights" (Von ...
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AIDSAcquired immune deficiency syndrome, or , is a recently recognized disease
entity. It is caused by infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV),
which attacks selected cells in the immune system (see IMMUNITY) and produces
defects in function. These defects may not be apparent for ...
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Dreams LifeOne of the brain's most astonishing capacities is its ability to create its own images-dreams-without any visual input from the outside world. Whether your sleeping or awake, your brain is constantly at work,communicating messages to you in the form of dreams. Dreams are a communication of body, ...
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The Mind, Music, And Behaviorabstract
The main purpose of the paper is to investigate and present the relationship
between the mind, music, and human behavior. For this purpose, research is
presented on previous works and studies that link music with the mind. Based on
this research, music increases neurotransmitter levels. ...
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Mobile Phone RisksNew evidence is growing fast about health risks from mobile phones - electromagnetic radiation. These devices can be used to make telephone calls from almost anywhere. Symptoms such as fatigue, headaches, burning sensations on the skin were more common among those who make longer phone calls. ...
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DepressionLife eradicator might be a more appropriate name for this disease. That's right, this disease drains the zest for living and replaces it with anguish, guilt, pessimism, irritability, and the inability to experience pleasure. People used to think it was "all in your head" and if you really ...
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Dreams LifeOne of the brain's most astonishing capacities is its ability to create its own images-dreams-without any visual input from the outside world. Whether your sleeping or awake, your brain is constantly at work,communicating messages to you in the form of dreams. Dreams are a communication of body, ...
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AlcoholAlcoholism is perhaps the most common form of drug abuse in America today. In 1995, in the United States 67% of all the population over the age of 12 reported drinking alcohol with in the previous year. Even more astounding, is the fact that nearly 50% reported drinking some type of alcoholic ...
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DepressionDepression
Depression, millions of people have it, but they do not know how to cope with it. Many people that do not know what depression is usually just say “why cant they just cheer up”, well its a lot harder than it sounds for them to cheer up. Depression has been known since the time of the ...
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Study Smarter Not Harder SummarySUMMARY OF STUDY SMARTER NOT HARDER BY KELVIN PAUL.
Part one which is the introductory part of the book talks about knowledge explosion. It introduces the concept of how knowledge is doubling every now and then and how what we are learning will oneday become obsolete or unuseful as the world ...
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Should Stem Cell Research Be Allowed?Should stem Cell Research be allowed?
Stem cell research is a new breakthrough in medical technology that could aid in the prevention and cure to many complex diseases and disorders. Stem cell research is not just a simple cure some doctors found by chance. It took many well trained and educated ...
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Lucid Dreaming: Asleep And AwareLucid dreaming is an issue that has been studied as far back as
1896. A Lucid dream is one in which the dreamer is aware that he/she is
dreaming and is sometimes able to take control. Lucid dreams are an actual
phenomena that do occur in REM sleep.
Dr. van Eeden was the first recorded ...
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Fetal Developmentstarts with the process of
fertilization. It starts when the female ovulates producing
an egg. This egg then travels into the fallopian tube where
it waits to be fertilized. Once sperm enter the body they
must travel up the uterus until they make their way up to
the egg. Once at the egg the ...
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Methamphetamine: Built For Speed??
Methamphetamine has reclaimed a place in the lexicon of "party" drugs. Hailed by
nocturnal adventurers, condemned by raver idealists, is speed a sleepless dream
or an addictive nightmare?
Here at the end of the millennium, the pace of modern life seems fleeting -- a
whirl of minutes, hours ...
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The Results Of AgingAbstract
This report presents several aspects of aging. The report looks at a number of
theories of why we age, the physical and mental changes we undergo as we age,
and several ways of caring for the elderly.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
LIST OF ...
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