Amygdala

the proximity of their face to another human being’s. This is because they don’t have any concept of personal space bubbles. However, as one reaches adolescence, the size of our desired bubble is usually fixed. Scientists have confirmed that the amygdala, an almond-shaped structure within the brain, is responsible for this change. This area of the brain deals primarily with fear and…

Neuroeconomics: the neuroscience of decision making Neuroscience is a scientific field that studies brain activity though changes in brain blood flow. Neuroscience is the discipline in charge of studying through the nervous system activation that occurs in areas of the brain. The body receives information by its interaction with the world and that information gets through our senses, that information is caught from the nervous system and passes through the spinal cord until it arrives to the…

A) The movement of neural impulses down the body of an axon When Mr. Cava is scratched on the nose by a minion, the nerve endings underneath his skin pick up the stimulus and a process begins. Next, an impulse in sent towards the brain telling it what happened. The impulse travels through axons, which connect cell bodies to muscles, neurons, or glands. This process occurs over and over, and is sped up by the use of the myelin sheath. The myelin sheath speeds up the movement of neural impulses in…

How Sleep Disorders Affect Daily Functions LaTonya Sallywhite Armstrong State University How Sleep Disorders Affect Daily Functions One main component of healthy living that people do not pay much attention to is sleep. Sleep is still a big mystery that researchers are trying to solve. However, the main question researchers cannot seem to answer is why humans do and animals sleep. One way to look at sleep is that during that time the body restores itself from the…

With the news filled with stories of gay rights lawsuits filed for unfair treatment towards homosexuals, it is tempting to think there is a good sized percentage of homosexuals in America. This is not entirely true. The LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender) community is actually really small. A 2013 survey in the UK shows 16% of heterosexual women have had a homosexual experience, 8% included genital contact. Heterosexual men have a lower rate, being 7% with a homosexual experience, and…

Monstrosity, defined as a grossly malformed animal, plant, or person would show the exact wording of the phrase. Understanding the exact term helps us identify Monster. Monsters, usually recognized as an imaginary creature described as typically large, ugly, and frightening, but they differ in classifications such as reanimated monsters, ecological monsters, human monsters, and technological monsters. The truth is, monsters come in different shapes and sizes. In this case we will identify and…

Someone who is spiritual values personal growth by making and obtaining intrinsic goals. An internal reflection of the inner self sustains stable feelings of wellness, fulfillment and contentment which have the ability to last for a substantial amount of time. Spiritual people are connected to something much more important than themselves. The way of living accounts for the practices one endures to be happy that makes their life worth living to them. Spirituality possess a different definition…

off the school year by teaching her students about their brains and the different parts that are used when we feel stressed and upset, versus calm and focused. She shared, “All my students can now recite and understand the differences between the Amygdala, which is where stress happens, the…

normal mice. After, researchers exposed microbes to the sterile mice, which resulted with the sterile mice having similar levels of microRNA to regular mice. Later on, the research team investigated the microRNAs in the prefontal cortex and the amygdala of rats with gut bacteria destroyed by antibiotics. These rats overproduced and underproduced similar microRNAs that were overproduced and underproduced in the sterile rats. The researchers concluded that the gut bacteria affects the rats…

Brain Development (Ages 2-6) Scientist and psychologist agree, that the first three years of life are critical in a child’s brain development, however it is now known that the first six years of a child’s life has a major impact of their mental health, and behaviors for the rest of their lives. Why is this you important might ask? From birth to six years of age, a child’s brain is rapidly developing and increasing in size and weight. By two years of age a child’s brain weighs seventy-five…