Brain Article Reviews Samples For Students

Art therapy

How do human beings evolve? Necessity leads to innovation, but this is not to say that innovation primarily arises from the necessity. Innovation may arise from diversified thinking and exposure to different learning materials and institution. Art therapy is a categorical achievement in the medical field that serves to solve numerous challenging health problems.
Art therapy is an invention in the medical field that makes use of art media, images, and the creative process which are scientifically analyzed, and interpreted in a health concept. It shows a person’s response to developed products such as reflections of a person’s development, capabilities, ...

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Abstract

The “Ginkgo Biloba: Evaluation of Memory” study is about the effectiveness Ginkgo Biloba herbal medicine, which’s primary purpose is to increase cognitive health in aging patients through double blind and placebo controlled study. The study included 3072 out 7709 participants randomly selected from four communities in the US i.e., Hagerstown, Maryland; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Sacramento, California; and Winston-Salem and Greensboro, North Carolina over a period of 20 months from September 2000 to May 2002.

Ginko Balboa: Evaluation of Memory

The Ginkgo Evaluation of Memory study is about Ginkgo Biloba herbal medicine, which's primary purpose, is to increase cognitive health in aging patients through double ...

The article describes a very unfortunate incident that happened with Army Sgt. 1st Class Max Voelz. Mr. Voelz and her wife Kim Voelz both served in the U.S military’s bomb squad division and were performing their duties in Iraq. As their duty to dispose of bombs is inherently dangerous, the most undesired incident happened with Ms. Kim Voelz. While performing her duties, she became a victim of a bomb blast that she was trying to dispose off. The incident proved fatal, and she died on the spot. This has completely changed Mr. Voelz life as he is now in a highly tense ...

Psychology

Studies show that odor perception is directly related to the condition and functioning of the orbitofrontal cortex. The olfactory abilities of an otherwise normal human being can be largely impaired by neurological diseases as well as brain injuries. Moreover, scientists have also found that the ability to identify smells is often closely linked to functional brain activity levels. Killgore and Associates (2007) conducted a study to showcase the effectiveness of odor detection tests in predicting susceptibility to sleep deprivation as measured through Personality Tests. This experiment sought to prove that a small olfactory test can be a good predictor of emotional and ...

The human brain is divided into two core parts; that is, the minor cerebral hemisphere and the major cerebral hemisphere. For proper functioning of the brain, the two hemispheres must have a mode of communication. The corpus callosum is a white material between these two hemispheres and through which the hemispheres do communicate. According to Sperry et.al (1969), lack of communication between these two hemispheres causes a definite level of commissural symptoms. However, the extent for which these symptoms occur is not well known. Remarkably, such symptoms are visible when the level, of brain activity is high (Sperry, 1982).
Then human ...

Psychology

Summary
Notably, scholars have studied the human brain with efforts to understand the wonders behind its functionality. Over recent decades, scholars in the field of psychiatry have discovered groundbreaking understanding of the human brain. One of those areas is in the field of cognitive and motor brain mechanisms. Hesslow (2002) suggests that there is a close connection between imaging and perception in how the brain reacts. It can be explained through the simulation hypothesis, which states that thinking consists of simulated interaction with the environment and rest upon three assumptions. The assumptions include simulation of actions, simulation of perception, ...

Assignment

Richard W. Robins, Samuel D. Gosling, and Kenneth H. Craik
Psychology is a science, and as such, it uses the scientific method to explore previously unknown areas, while elaborating written reports to share with fellow peers and the general community, in order to guarantee its own progress. An important component of a modern psychologist then, is the ability to accurately read and interpret the works of others. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to critically analyze the paper entitled An Empirical Analysis of Trends in Psychology (Robins, Gosling, & Craik, 1999).

Research Question

Introduction
In the introduction section, the authors perform a ...

Victor A. F. Lamme

Commentary:

- Consciousness is a much debated yet less known topic that has been debated by both science and philosophy. However most of our knowledge about consciousness stems from introspection and behaviour analysis. This paper helps us move away from the psychological intuitions of consciousness.
- Through well-designed examples, the author allows us to understand that we cannot be the judge of our own consciousness.
- We may think that we see the full picture but our consciousness consists of a small fraction of what is actually in front of us. This theory is well explained ...

The article, “Predicting Human Brain Activity Associated with the Meanings of Nouns” was written by Tom M. Mitchel, Svetlana V. Shinkareva and their five associates. The article was published in Science in May 2008. It outlined a computational program that predicted which parts of the brain were stimulated and would respond to certain words and images, or certain stimuli. I found several concepts of the article very interesting. For example, the basis of the article’s studies was founded on creating a computational framework subject to linguistics. In layman terms, a grid of the mind was drawn up, based on nouns. Scientists ...

Commentary 1: Neural Imaging to Track Mental States while using and Intelligent Tutoring System

Researchers have been on the frontline to try and determine what goes on in a student’s brain as they try to solve problems, in this case mathematical problems. The article offers insight on the capacity of utilizing neural imaging to aid student modeling in intelligent tutoring systems. The intelligent tutoring system is a computerized application that notes the activities of the brain as one engages in problem solving activities following data collected from the actions that the student opts to choose. The study conducted was significant as a continuation of research carried out on intelligent tutoring systems since it proved effective ...

Article Review of As the internet rewires our brains by Kurt Cagle

In the article of Kurt Cagle, “As the internet rewires our brains”, the author’s main argument is that the use of social media sites is heavily valued and can decline the critical skills that children own. In this article, he uses the term rewire to demonstrate the idea that the brain cannot be creative with the presence of social media. Social media, therefore, reduces that rate of creativity of the brain in children as the brain is always reshaping itself according to the current situation is the main argument in this article but children should not be denied ...

The article titled “Mediation Has Power to Influence Your Gene” by Christopher Bergland gives a summary of the findings of two researchers conducted to investigate the relationship between meditation and pain. The first research explored by the article was conducted by a group of Scientist from Spain and France. According to Christopher, it was the first study to establish that there was an alteration of gene expressions in individuals practicing mindfulness mediation. The article reported that the comparison of gene alterations was done between experienced mediators who had undergone intensive mediation and untrained control participants who were involved in non meditative ...

Psychology and Aging

Dornburg & McDaniel (2006) seeks to find out whether cognitive interview with older adult using the mnemonic technique would be effective in improving the ability to recall instructions. Categorically, the article states that, the researchers prepares and gives a set of instructions to the respondents before the actual cognitive interview starts. In essence, the respondent should be able to the contextual reinstatement technique to remember some of the instructions, which were given prior to the commencement of the interview. In his study, he finds out that indeed the procedure is effective as a tool for reminding the old about past memories or ...

Summary

This paper intends to provide a literature review of the article, Use of Prayer and Scripture in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, by Siang-Yang Tan published in the Journal of Psychology and Christianity in 2007. This article introduces Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) as one of the most effective empirically supported treatments that is used for treating psychological disorders. Tan goes on to cite researchers who have found out that CBT has evolved over the generations into what he terms as; Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and Mindfulness and Acceptance-based Therapies. According to Tan, this third wave-generation CBT is more flexible in ...

While an individual can be certain that their recollection of events is accurate, eyewitnesses can often get large details incorrect, such as gender, clothing colors, and race. According to research by Frenda, Nichols, and Loftus (2011), there are several aspects of human nature that contribute to what is referred to as the Misinformation Effect. Memories often deteriorate over time, even when the events feel like they just happened yesterday to the individual recounting the experience. However, due to a variety of variables, such as the amount of stress associated with the experience, information provided by fellow eyewitnesses, investigators, and even ...

Abstract

This paper will explore the opportunities accessible for employed adults to continue their studies. Education needs to change from a process of conditioning to empowerment while learning needs to change from a homogeneous commodity to a customized experience to the needs and individual characteristics. Andragogy learning concepts relates to the program delivered through the non-traditional educational model. The main perception of EMAB program no longer holds true to all level of managers, that is, more employed adults from different executive levels are enrolled to the program. Periods of rapid change are driven by its development in information and technology. The essential thing ...

Part 5: Final Draft

This paper has several sections. First, it gives an analysis of a psychological report which was published in popular media. The second part documents the original research cited in the psychological report in section one. The third step gives a comparison between the first and second report.

Analysis of a Psychological Report

The title of the report was Silent Cerebral Emboli May Hasten the Progression of Dementia (Journal Watch, 2012). The author notes that the findings of the report were drawn from two groups: patients with dementia (loss of cognitive ability particularly, memory, attention, and language) and patients with Alzheimer disease. The author begins by notifying ...

Article Review: The Causes of Cerebral Desaturation in

Article Review: The Causes of Cerebral Desaturation in
The study by Brinkman, Amadeo, Funk, and Grocott (2013) investigated cerebral desaturation, which frequently occurs in one-lung ventilation procedures for thoracic surgery and is possibly caused by lower cardiac output. The aim of the study was to explore the correlation between decreases in cerebral oxygen saturation that occurs in patients undergoing one-lung ventilation and decreased cardiac output. Although cerebral oxygen saturation was lowered in all of the participants, the researchers did not have statistically significant data that could be used to establish a correlation between cerebral desaturation and cardiac output, so ...

- Identify the hypothesis they are testing in the study. The hypothesis may not be explicitly outlined. If not, write a suitable hypothesis for the study

- Give a brief explanation of why this study was carried out and why the research is important.
Cerebral palsy is a group of permanent, irreversible motor conditions that cause impaired body movement. Surgeon is used to improve limb function. Clinical examination and observational gait analysis that are used for assessing the degree of abnormality are subject to error. Therefore, systematic and instrumented gait analysis is needed and important to the selection of therapeutic treatments.
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‘Boys’ and Girls’ Brains are Different: Gender Differnce In Language Appear Biological.’ This is the title of the article that this text gains insight on. It is a one paged article written by Burman Douglas. D. The title serves as the hypothesis as well as it attempts to seek inquiry on the biological state of the brains of the female gender and that of the male’s. The author Burman Douglas. D is the primary author of the book ‘Sex Difference in Neural Processing of Language Among Children’, a book that he wrote in collaboration with Tai Bitan and James Booth ...

Introduction

This paper provides an overview of descriptive theories that have advanced in over the last decade concerning the working of the human memory and how it affects the adult behavior and experiences. The purpose of this literature review is anchoring an understanding of different attempts to come up with one comprehensive understanding of psychology and the developing of the human brain. While exploring the different facets of the concept of human behavior, the paper embarks on different scholastic analysis using divergent resources. Contemporary literature on this subject assesses the role of diversity and its impact on human competency and ...

Critical period hypothesis is not a new concept in language acquisation, because Roberts and Lennberg introduced and followed it up in 1959 and 1967 respectively in the neurolinguistic literature. They hypothesized that the recovery of brain from serious illnesses like trauma would be hindered by the maturation of the brain as one ages. Further researches on the above speculation, particularly those conducted in the behavioral sciences revealed that all the measures of language proficiency varies with the maturation of brain, but the proficiency scores gets low as the persons age increases. For these reasons, the hypothesized biological based critical period ...

The basic premise of Perani et al.’s paper is to use brain imaging PET scans to investigate what areas of the brain are activated in a person speaking his native language (L1) versus the areas of the brain activated by a person speaking a second language (L2). Additionally, the researchers seek to investigate whether the age of L2 acquisition affect “patterns of acquision” within the brain, or whether language proficiency has more affect over the activated areas within the brain (Perani et al. 1998, p. 1841).

The introduction also offers other areas for which this research is useful, for example, “language ...

Gould (1) poses an argument that goes a long way in asserting this view. He argues that the reason as to why the women were sidelined in the society was because their brains are less in capacity than the brains o men. As such, the assumption goes that men are more intelligent than women. The overall interpretation is that women are less productive than men.

In analyzing this statement, there are some few questions that come to the light. If it is said that women are less intelligent than men because their brain size is reduced, what then can be ...

The article “Deep Brain Stimulation Makes Cautious Inroads to Psychiatry” by Barbara Rich and Ann Whitman introduces an important technique in neurosurgical technique, Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS), which is currently investigated as a promising tool for treating psychiatric disorders. Although very few people have undergone DBS, in the future the number of DBS patients is likely to increase due to the positive results this procedure demonstrates. Moreover, since the area of DBS application is likely to expand in the future, when the importance of the circuits in the neural systems is further investigated, DBS might become relevant for a larger number ...

Schizophrenia can be described as a neurodevelopment disorder. Genetics and surroundings play an important role in development of this disorder. Patients suffering from the decease faced problems in performing the tasks involved memory and mental exercise.
1. Various findings revels that schizophrenia is a disconnection problem. Some findings are as follow;
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) - a study carried out on structural MRI shown uneven distribution of grey material in different regions of brain. The grey material found around 5 to 10 percent less in frontotemporal and basal ganglia-thalamocortical network. A decrease in volume in hippocampus considered as consistent and ...

Summary review of Article: McTighe, S., M., Cowell, R. A., Winters, B. D., Bussey, T. J., & Saksida, L. M. (2010). Paradoxical false memory for objects after brain damage. Science, 330, 1408-1410.

This article captures previous research related to brain damage and previous experiments, that have been done in as far as memory and brain damage relationship are concerned (1). Vann and Albasser (2) while citing the works of McTighe et al. (1) define the neural process as the mechanism that allows humans and animals to have episodic memories. These memories are set in such a way that people experience ...

Summary Article for PSY 140 2011

Summary review of Article: McTighe, S., M., Cowell, R. A., Winters, B. D., Bussey, T. J., & Saksida, L. M. (2010). Paradoxical false memory for objects after brain damage. Science, 330, 1408-1410.
This article captures previous research work relating to brain damage and the previous experiments that have been done in as far as memory and brain damage relationship are concerned (McTighe et al., 2010). Vann and Albasser (2011) while citing the works of McTighe et al. (2010) defines the neural process as the mechanism that allows humans and animals to have episodic memories which are set in such a ...

Article 1 - Worsening Memory Associated With Later Alzheimers Disease

Summary - This article briefly discusses how memory loss is associated with Alzheimer's disease, particularly, the way it progresses from mild to moderate towards severe. Studies have revealed that even though memory loss is connected to age it could be exclusive to certain predisposing conditions since everyone beyond 75 yrs of age is not affected by memory issues. (“Worsening Memory Associated,” 2011)

Precisely, it was discovered that memory impairment trends were related to worry rather than the sequel of aging. More in-depth research based on discussions found in this article is suggestive that memory impairment does not necessarily mean ...

Introduction

Cognitive Behavioral Interventions are approaches that use soft instruments to correct or enhance behavioral characteristics of individuals, either to comply with society expectations or to unlearn a particular behavior. A person with a drugs problem may be trained to handle the urges of taking drugs and avoidance of risky situations, with an aim of solving the problems. Cognitive behavioral therapy, commonly referred to as CBT, teaches the subjects a new set of skills designed to increase awareness of thoughts and emotions of an individual. The idea is to re-empower the individual to understand how certain exposures to situations, people ...

This article review will critically evaluate Combat College: Cognitive Fatigue as a Challenge in Iraq and Afghanistan War Veterans with Traumatic Brain Injury: Pilot Study Survey Results that was written by Dan Smee, Sandra Buenrostro, Thomas Garrick, Shoba Sreenivasan and Linda E. Weinberger. Smee et al’s (2013) hypothesis for this article is that many Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) who face high intensity cognitive demands may result in cognitive fatigue which is more than likely to act as a barrier to college success (p.25).

The type of research that was being used to produce ...

Dementia is a package of signs and symptoms which include personality change, impaired intellectual functions, and memory loss which come as a result of trauma to the brain or disease (Godbolt et al. S247). Unfortunately, these changes severely affect independence, relationships, and daily living. However, they do not count as part and parcel of normal aging. There are numerous forms of dementia which include vascular and mixed dementia but Alzheimer’s disease happens to be the most common type (Mitchell 443). A person affected by dementia portrays a noticeable decline in remembering, learning, communication and problem-solving. Often, these changes ...

Cerebral palsy (CP)

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Cerebral palsy (CP) is a movement disorder which affects children at the initial stages of life. The symptoms of this disorder encompass weak muscles, tremors, and lack of coordination. Babies who experience this condition cannot sit or walk. In some cases, these babies cannot crawl and have difficulties in hearing and vision. This paper explores two research articles. In the first article, Arnould et al. (2015) focused on the effect of brain lesions on the functioning of the hand among children with cerebral palsy. The authors observed that ...

Summary

Tan (2007), establishes a Cognitive Behavior Therapy technique applying a unifying strategy to improve clinical issues of the patient. By the use of informed consent approach, Tan (2007) distinguishes the suitable therapeutic methods utilizing implied integration, a surreptitious method or precise integration, which is an unconcealed approach, which purposely promotes spiritual dynamics in counseling. Tan (20017) supports the effectiveness of the Cognitive Behavior Therapy technique using empirical data, from historical studies of cognitive therapy. Notably, the cognitive therapy has developed to include therapeutic approaches whereby the love of God is exhibited and uncovered through the Holy Spirit. This technique ...

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) was associated with various behaviors, including violence, impaired emotional regulation, and aggression, which are associated with criminal behavior. It is estimated that TBI affects 8.5 percent of the population, but the highest prevalence of TBI, which can be up to 60 percent, is recorded among prisoners (Williams, 2012). Because TBI is associated with elevating risk factors for offending behaviors, and because it mainly occurs during early stages of life, it is important to investigate clinical implications of treating TBI to reduce criminal behaviors that may be associated with previous brain injuries.

Literature Review

TBI is a form of ...

Yes, the leader-follower relationship and definition of socio-cognitive paradigm according to the article do share similar thoughts on leadership as a process of interaction with others. According to the author of this article, Gazi Islam, the cognitive views on leadership to some extent emphasize follower-based leadership theories It is this psychological process that leads people to give recognition to leaders and also follow those leaders who exhibit leadership qualities and attributes. The author argues however that recently the socio-cognitive paradigm has become more pronounced in as far as leadership ideals are concerned. The only difference inherent in these approaches ...

Business Article Review

Article Summary
The article is about the history of the emotional intelligence as a topic of study and the description of how it is being measured and defined. The article also refers to various studies relating emotional intelligence to essential work-related results such as organizational productivity and individual performance. People especially psychologists started to write on emotional intelligence, and they only concentrate on cognitive views. However, it is the cumulative or global scope of a person to think rationally, to act diligently and deal appropriately with his or her environment.
Emotional intelligence refers to a social intelligence type that entails ...

Good nutrition is critical for growing children, both for physical and cognitive development. Elementary age children are challenged every day in school and a nutritious and balanced breakfast is critical for them to learn. Many studies have been completed that consistently demonstrate the importance of a good breakfast on learning.
According to a study completed by Anjos et al (2013), good nutrition begins with expectant mothers and continues throughout a child’s life from infancy to childhood. The acquisition of nutrients is important for proper brain development. The authors have implemented a large scale research project named NUTRIMENTHE which is examining the effects ...

The design and goals of management policies are primarily influenced by the fisheries and marine ecosystems health mental concepts. The Cognitive Maps: Cartography and Concepts for an Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Policy article, discusses how these mental concepts that are held by some individuals are fostered by the approach of Back to the Future (BTF) to the policy of fisheries (Tony & Nigel 1976). Such cognitive maps are normally obtained from local and traditional knowledge and the interplay of science. The approach of Back to the Future action employs all the sectors in remedial and positive and is meant to engage the ...

The article at hand discussed the effectiveness and benefits of usage of MR Imaging in the case of Alzheimer Disease. The study took place in a mouse model, however it claims for being equally effective in the treatment of people who suffer from this disease. The main purpose of the study was to determine whether MR targeted to the hippocampus is helpful in identifying and monitoring Alzheimer Disease. It is also aimed at seeking ways to achieve improvement in pathologic brain abnormalities and behavior that can possibly prevent prompt development of disease.
The choice of the method that was ...

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The discussions of addiction challenged the way I view substance use problems because they contain a lot of scientific information. Alan Leshner (1997) stressed that drug addiction is a disease that is the result of the prolong effect drugs on brain. It includes behavioral and social-context problems. The author stated that the public perception of this problem does not respond real scientific facts. The important idea is that people should be aware that drug addiction is a real disease in order to treat in a right way. Sally Satel and Scott Lilienfeld (2010) mentioned that the ...

Summary

The article titled “Alzheimer’s disease and modern lifestyle: what is the role of stress?” written by Marcello et al. (2015) gives an account of how stress and modern lifestyle increases the chances of prevalence of Alzheimer’s disease. While evidence suggests that Alzheimer’s disease contributes to over half of dementia cases, the disease has been expected to increase at a rapid rate in the next few decades. The authors suggest that the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s is not only difficult, but also dependent on various functional and cognitive assessments. Initially, the onset of Alzheimer’s could be ...

Alzheimer’s is a degenerative disease that affects the brain cells. It begins with problems with the individual’s memory, which later on advances to mental dysfunction. Individuals who suffer from the disease experience a slow, but steady loss of memory. They also exhibit changes in behavior and personality, including problems with their language skills, and sense of judgment. If they were once focused and determined as individuals, they gradually show signs of having problems with concentrating. At the moment, Alzheimer’s is said to be the most common form of dementia that the United States of America suffers from. With ...

Summary

In Jan.1, 1914, Tony Jannus flew an aircraft designer by the name Flying Boat No. 43. He flew the aircraft into the aviation history and across Tampa Bay. The journey took 23 minutes with only one passenger who paid $400. The trip became one of the first scheduled commercial flight in the world. During that day, Fansler told people that the Airport line would be a sign of great activity. In addition, Fansler asserted that the things that were impossible yesterday would be the accomplishments of today. The rickety seaplane struck many people yet it was only powered by 75-horsepower ...

Program for Veterans With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder:

The overall topic of Bolten et al.’s research in Evaluating a Cognitive-Behavioral Group Treatment Program for Veterans With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder is to examine the effect of group therapy in treating military veterans suffering from Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). This topic is very pertinent to social work practice and policy because PTSD continues to be an issue that social workers and the population at large encounters due not only to past wars such as Vietnam, but also the current military activities overseas. A study such as Bolten et al.’s can assist in giving direction for social workers in ...

In the past few years, various types of research have been done on the new and arising issue of drinking of young adult in New Zealand. This hazardous drinking, mainly apparent among the youths who are mostly young adult students in New Zealand is a public-health concern. The issue has raised a lot of questions and a need to look into the matter of discipline among these students. Too often daily headlines bring news of another tragedy of a young adult involved in alcohol-related behavior, either a case of excessive alcoholic poisoning on the campus or as a result of recklessness and other bad behavior ...

In any conflict, argument or even debate it is standard practice to call for rational thinking and presentation of points. Irrationality is perceived as a negative attribute in a good negotiator. However, Robert Benjamin in his paper series, “Irrationality of Being Rational” argues that human beings are inherently irrational perhaps because of evolution, and therefore the expectation rationality is actually irrational. The purpose of this paper is to analyze and analyze the articles by Robert Benjamin where he explains his concept of the irrationality of being too rational.
It is common knowledge that human beings are never truly rational ...

Although many determinants are involved in business decision-making, a significant number of strong scholarly arguments confirm the idea that the main underlying aspects in this regard are motivation of the leaders and their cognitive biases (Monahan, 2000). This essay speaks about the key underlying causes of cognitive biases and poor motivation of company leaders, and speaks about potential solutions in this regard.
Cognitive bias is a systemic deviation from rational judgment, i.e. a popular cause, which compels people to think and adopt decisions in an illogical way. At the same time, the practice revealed that in some cases cognitive ...

The article under consideration views implications that modern technologies have for academic performance. The research question appears to be as follows: How do activities based on multitasking and activities that require focused attention relate to distractiblity? The authors have chosen Instant Messaging (IMing) and Nonelectronic Reading to conduct their research. They hypothesized that the more time is spent on IMing, the greater the difficulty is in concentrating on less externally stimulating tasks.
IMing has become an integral part of young people’s life, interfering with other important activities. This communication tool gives an opportunity to keep in touch with ...

Introduction

Child development involves continuous changes psychologically, biologically and emotionally from the time of infancy up to the end of adolescence. Growth and development are always used interchangeably, but it is important to note the difference in that growth involves the physical changes in child’s body shape, size, height, weight, arms, and legs length whereas development encompasses a continuous progression in complex knowledge. A child’s growth and development are always divided into four periods; infancy, preschool years, middle childhood years and adolescence.
The study in this article is about the need to belong theory which gives the relationship ...

Iron Deficiency Anemia and Its Effect On The Central Nervous System

Abstract
Micro and macro nutrients are crucially important in the body. Iron functions as a very important micronutrient in the body. It helps in the central nervous system as a cofactor in the process of energy metabolism, synthesis in the transmission of the neurons. It also helps in the myelination process- a process that develops the myelin important for skin protection. Iron is also very important in tissue functions such as oxygen transportation and energy synthesis. Iron deficiency is the state of inefficient iron quantities in the body. Iron deficiency anemia is the severe deficieny state. It results in ...

The article is focused on the issue of understanding social cognitive mapping (SCM) and analyzing whether it is a black box method as claimed by Farmer and Xie, or not. The authors try to demonstrate empirically what SCM measures and according to their view, it measures peer interactions. They also state that Farmer and Xie’s suggestion that the probe measures developmental processes, perceptions and shared preferences is incorrect, as such wide range of different phenomena cannot be measured by such a simple method. Neal & Neal (2013) prove their argument by stating the fact that there are more precise ...

Advertising’s 15 Basic Appeals

In the article “Advertising’s 15 Basic Appeals” Jib Fowles describes fifteen appeals that are usually used by the advertisers in order to attract attention of the audience. One of the tasks of the advertisers is to create an ad that would boost the desires and motives of a person and provide this person with the information about the product. Nowadays the people are overloaded with the advertisements and only 12 advertisements produce a reaction during the day. Therefore the ads have to be well-thought and catchy in order to be effective. There are several appeals which advertisers use ...

In his paper “Psychology as the Behaviorist Views It,” Watson (1913) points out what he believes to be the main issues of psychology as a growing science. Watson explains that psychology is concerned with the analysis of complex mental states and processes and reducing them to simple elements. An alternative approach includes taking several simple elements and constructing complex mental states from those elements. In both cases, the significance of external stimuli is often dismissed in studies, which also means no significance is attributed to behavioral data. That is why Watson argues that existing subject-matter in psychology should ...

Where do Phobias come from?

Study conducted on mice showed that phobias are genetically transmitted from one generation to the next through chemical changes that occur in DNA or through experiences from ancestors. The study was conducted on mice, which were trained to fear cherry blossoms odour by use of electric shocks prior to breeding. The offsprings developed a fear of the cherry blossom odour in spite of never experiencing them proving that the experience can be transferred genetically to the offsprings.

Christmas: a Social Anxiety Minefield

Christmas can cause anxiety in people through worry about finances, potential drunkenness, and involvement in social events. The symptoms of this anxiety include ...

Benjamin Sprenger

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The brain is a highly complex organ, with a network of nerve cells that serve as a starting point for everything an individual senses, thinks, and ultimately the actions carried out. There are two responses that the brain is responsible for carrying out: conscious responses and autonomic responses, with fear being an example of the latter due to it usually being triggered unconsciously, leaving the individual to realize that the fear reaction has been triggered only after a myriad of physical responses have occurred (Debiec & LeDoux, 2004).
While the experience of fear is rather autonomic, ...

The article by Heyes (2012) makes significant discoveries on the cognitive abilities of humans as well as those of animals. In addition, the article provides an explanation of the similarities between the cognitive abilities of the animal as well as those of human beings. As a result, the article provides an explanation that assist understanding the minds of animals and their relation to that of human beings. Heyes uses a case study of the chimpanzees where she tries to explain the relationship between complex behavior and simple mindedness in the perspectives of associative blindness. The article provides an associative explanation, which ...

In his renowned 2008 article for The Atlantic Monthly, “Is Google Making Us Stupid? What the internet is doing to our brains,” writer Nicholas Carr suggest that while Internet has helped today’s generation gain limitless amount of information at the click of a mouse, this easy access to information comes at a cost. Carr maintains that quick access to a large pool information results makes people skim information the contents quickly rather than carefully reading and conceptualizing the information. According to him, this results into shortened memory span, an increasing inability to concentrate or read long texts. As the internet increasingly becomes ...

Jill Englebright, an assistant professor of early childhood education at Virginia Commonwealth University, has devoted her article to one of the timeliest issues in the contemporary system of education. It has been said a lot that Play has already forced out old academic system of education, proving that actually Play is much more effective in both learning and developing skills and knowledge. To prove this point Jill has meticulously investigated Play as an integral part of education.

T first Jill is stating several descriptions and explanations of Play, given by many scholars. Generally, Play can be identified as a type of ...

A study published in Current Psychiatric Reports in 2016 approached the topic of the treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) after incidences of trauma (Qi, Gevonden and Shalev). The link to the article is http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4723637/. PTSD as a result of various types of traumas may result in different levels of disability. As methods of recognition improve, the numbers of diagnosed PTSD sufferers continue to rise. Subsequently, the research exploring causes, prevention, and treatment has become the most widely addressed post-traumatic topic and has evolved into an actual PTSD psychopathology. However, treatment options remain inconsistent for application. The article by ...