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cerebral cortex
cerebral cortex Seen from the outside, the most obvious component of the human brain is the intricately folded cerebral cortex that covers the pair of cerebral hemispheres, which conceal most of the rest of the brain. The convolutions, or gyri, of the cortex, and the fissures or sulci that separate... Read more |
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brain stem
brain stem lower part of the brain , adjoining and structurally continuous with the spinal cord. The upper segment of the human brain stem, the pons, contains nerve fibers that connect the two halves of the cerebellum . It is vital in coordinating movements involving right and left sides of the... Read more |
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brain death
brain death applies to the situation when the heart continues to beat with the breathing maintained mechanically after the brain has permanently ceased to function — and it is an unnatural artefact of medical technology.Under natural conditions when the brain ceases to function breathing... Read more |
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brain
brain the supervisory center of the nervous system in all vertebrates. It also serves as the site of emotions, memory, self-awareness, and thought. Anatomy and Function Occupying the skull cavity (cranium), the adult human brain normally weighs from 2 1/4 to 3 1/4 lb (1-1.5 kg).... Read more |
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handedness
handedness habitual or more skillful use of one hand as opposed to the other. Approximately 90% of humans are thought to be right-handed. It was traditionally argued that there is a slight tendency toward asymmetrical physiological development favoring the right side of the body, and that the... Read more |
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Survival
Survival The continued possession of personality after the change called death. It is a fundamental doctrine of Spiritualism that Spiritualist phenomena demonstrate survival, and the investigation of that phenomena has been a major aspect of psychical research. The emergence of parapsychology... Read more |
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human evolution
human evolution theory of the origins of the human species, Homo sapiens. Modern understanding of human origins is derived largely from the findings of paleontology , anthropology , and genetics , and involves the process of natural selection (see Darwinism ). Although gaps in the fossil... Read more |
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cybernetics
cybernetics [Gr.,=steersman], term coined by American mathematician Norbert Wiener to refer to the general analysis of control systems and communication systems in living organisms and machines. In cybernetics, analogies are drawn between the functioning of the brain and nervous system and... Read more |
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cerebellum
cerebellum , portion of the brain that coordinates movements of voluntary (skeletal) muscles. It contains about half of the brain's neurons, but these particular nerve cells are so small that the cerebellum accounts for only 10% of the brain's total weight. The cerebellum operates automatically,... Read more |
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Congenital Brain Defects
Congenital brain defects Definition Congenital brain defects are a group of disorders of brain development that are present at birth. Description Brain development begins shortly after conception and continues throughout the growth of a fetus. A complex genetic program... Read more |
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oxygen
...compounds in the human body. It combines with...and is absorbed into the blood passively...metabolism. The brain cannot survive...product that leaks into the blood and makes...can be recycled into carbohydrate stores in...dysfunction. In ... |
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consciousness
...of a normal human as he looks...explanation of the nature of the unique...There is a deep epistemological...parts of the brain conscious...argue that only brains and not other...parts of the brain are involved...activity in ... |
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breathing
...understanding of its nature and basis and...is sufficiently deep to abolish pain...located in the brain stem. The search...transected the brain stem and spinal...following the human experiment by...mechanism. Insight into ... |
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Delving deeper into human brain
...2003 Delving deeper into human brainByline...about the way our brains work. This week we explore brain anatomy and function, how our brains change as we grow...brain. Delve into the ins and ... |
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Face to Face with the Emotional Brain
...s amygdala-a deep brain structure- was...our emotional brains process information...our experiences into words because...Where in the brain does all this...interconnected nature of our brains...filtered and ... |
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When Does Your Brain Stop Making New Neurons? A. Infant; B. 42 Years Old; C....
...age of 3, the human brain is relatively...view of human nature. Since the brain...and functional brain, and that continue...we live." The brain remains a work...few extra wires into the guts ... |
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FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY EXHIBITION MARKS BRAIN AWARENESS WEEK
...Complex Systems and Brain Sciences. The...world inside the brain. All events are...representing coordinating brains to audio renderings of human EEGs during actual...description of the brain from words to...see and feel the ... |
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The World in Six Songs: How the Musical Brain Created Human Nature.(Book review)
...Music has "been with humans since we first became...the Line" falls into three categories...love for song bleed into his writing." MATTHEW...read This Is Your Brain on Music are in for...consideration of music and human civilization. ... |
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Research yields some clues into the nature of alcoholism; Genetics and brain...
...are leading to a deeper understanding of...medications targeting the brain may make the psychotherapies...complexities of being human. "We have to be...adjust this person's brain chemistry we can...alcoholism are coming into focus as the ... |
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Sleep chemical central to effectiveness of deep brain stimulation.
A brain chemical that...success of deep brain stimulation...Dec. 23 in Nature Medicine...then broken into adenosine...in a host of human diseases...happening in the brain when deep ... |
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NIH-FUNDED STUDY USES NEW TECHNOLOGY TO PEEK DEEP INTO BRAIN
...of Health & Human Services' National...Changes within deep regions of the brain can now be visualized...Published in Nature Medicine, the...to insights into mechanisms underlying...of Health and Human Services. NIDA...of ... |
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NIH-FUNDED STUDY USES NEW TECHNOLOGY TO PEEK DEEP INTO THE BRAIN TIME-LAPSE...
...Changes within deep regions of the brain can now be visualized...Published in Nature Medicine, the...weeks within deep brain regions...leading to insights into mechanisms underlying...of Health and Human ... |
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NIH-FUNDED STUDY USES NEW TECHNOLOGY TO PEEK DEEP INTO THE BRAIN.
...Changes within deep regions of the brain can now be visualized...Published Sunday in Nature Medicine, the...weeks within deep brain regions...leading to insights into mechanisms underlying...of Health and ... |
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