Schizophrenic Brain Case Study
. Explain which parts of the brain would be active if a schizophrenic patient is having an auditory hallucination? Visual hallucination?
The temporal and Broca's area. The thalamus filters incoming sensory signals and transmit them to the cortex.
2. How does low activity in the frontal cortex provide biological evidence of murder's conducted by those with antisocial behavior The frontal cortex helps brake impulsive, aggressive behavior; however, in a murdere’s frontal cortex there is a reduced activation. People who suffer from antisocial personality disorder lack conscience for wrongdoing which is also supported by frontal lobe damage; thus, they exhibit marked deficits in frontal lobe cognitive functions.
The diagnosis and treatment …show more content…
There's also an inability to recall key personal information and high distinct memory variations, which fluctuate with the person's split personality. Constructive memory is the use of knowledge to organize new information and fill in gaps in information that was encoded and retrieved. We remember only a small fraction of what we experience so our memories are constructed from our thoughts, dreams, and intentions in addition to "real" experiences. People who suffer from DID often form constructed "memories" of alters as a coping mechanism, where the person literally dissociates himself from a situation or experience that's too violent, traumatic, or painful to assimilate with his conscious …show more content…
Dopamine is a neurotransmitter that transports signals between nerve endings in the brain. It is thought that the brains of people with schizophrenia produce too much dopamine. Antipsychotic medications, which are used to treat schizophrenia, block dopamine receptors. The medications are designed to bind to dopamine receptors in the brain, and their effects have helped many people cope with symptoms; while drugs that increase levels of dopamine, like amphetamines, often cause psychotic symptoms and a schizophrenic-like paranoid
The temporal and Broca's area. The thalamus filters incoming sensory signals and transmit them to the cortex.
2. How does low activity in the frontal cortex provide biological evidence of murder's conducted by those with antisocial behavior The frontal cortex helps brake impulsive, aggressive behavior; however, in a murdere’s frontal cortex there is a reduced activation. People who suffer from antisocial personality disorder lack conscience for wrongdoing which is also supported by frontal lobe damage; thus, they exhibit marked deficits in frontal lobe cognitive functions.
The diagnosis and treatment …show more content…
There's also an inability to recall key personal information and high distinct memory variations, which fluctuate with the person's split personality. Constructive memory is the use of knowledge to organize new information and fill in gaps in information that was encoded and retrieved. We remember only a small fraction of what we experience so our memories are constructed from our thoughts, dreams, and intentions in addition to "real" experiences. People who suffer from DID often form constructed "memories" of alters as a coping mechanism, where the person literally dissociates himself from a situation or experience that's too violent, traumatic, or painful to assimilate with his conscious …show more content…
Dopamine is a neurotransmitter that transports signals between nerve endings in the brain. It is thought that the brains of people with schizophrenia produce too much dopamine. Antipsychotic medications, which are used to treat schizophrenia, block dopamine receptors. The medications are designed to bind to dopamine receptors in the brain, and their effects have helped many people cope with symptoms; while drugs that increase levels of dopamine, like amphetamines, often cause psychotic symptoms and a schizophrenic-like paranoid