Medical Hypnosis Most people are familiar with hypnosis as a theatrical act that involves putting people into a state of artificial sleep and making them perform comical acts by command. However‚ hypnosis is also a substantial psychological and medical way to treat patients in mental and physical distress. Hypnosis is a mind state of high attention‚ relaxation‚ and suggestibility. When hypnotized‚ people are often more willing to comply with helpful suggestions than if they were not. These suggestions
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Hypnosis has always been a controversial technique in therapy‚ but the research that has been done to discover the benefits of this method has exposed evidence that can prove it’s validity in helping patients. According to the study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Science‚ using brain-scan images proved that hypnosis can cause a modification in the cognitive activity in the subjects which allows them to perform certain functions with a heightened concentration. In the study‚ the
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fractional anisotropy (FA). FA is an important measurement that helps track the course and time of normal brain development in children and adolescent. The lower FA‚ the more diffusely organized white matter is‚ and it could block the job of the prefrontal cortex in the function of the brain. Furthermore‚ as researchers predicted‚ their findings revealed a relationship between early neglect‚ and lower white matter directional organization in the PFC and in the tracks connecting the temporal lobe‚ and the PFC
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Biological Basis of Love The aim of this essay is to discuss and evaluate a more recent area of neuropsychology‚ which is the biological basis of attraction. The focus of the essay will be on how certain brain activities in regions of the brain are associated with feelings of attraction in an individual. These forms of attractions can be seen as types of love towards a potential mate and this essay will be targeted at defining what love is and the type of loves there are. The essay will then link
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References: Moss‚ S. (2009‚ 01 21). Anterior cingulate cortex. Retrieved from http://www.psych-it.com.au/Psychlopedia/article.asp?id=263 McLeod‚ S. A. (2008). Information Processing. Retrieved from http://www.simplypsychology.org/information-processing.html Yoshimura ‚ F. (2000‚ 04 01). Automaticity
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Numerous research has stated that marijuana could help people who are suffering from HIV/AIDS‚ Alzheimer’s‚ Arthritis‚ Cancer‚ Epilepsy‚ glaucoma‚ and chronic pain. Pain works when something from the physical world affects a sensory receptor and sends that information to the brain. Nociceptors are pain inducing sensory cells that are found all throughout the body. When someone who has HIV/AIDS‚ one of the common symptoms is peripheral neuropathy‚ or nerve damage. This damage is detected by the nociceptors
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Mr. Draher PTSD Research Paper 1/13/14 Introduction: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder(PTSD) is a disorder that occurs in people who have suffered through a traumatic event. Such as sexual abuse‚ natural disasters‚ war‚ etc. These people then go through three different types of symptoms; the first is called re-experiencing where they relive the event through nightmares‚ flashbacks and bad thoughts. Then there’s the second set of symptoms which are called avoidance symptoms where they do things like
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According to Rilling (2014)‚ understanding the evolution of the unique characteristics of the human brain requires studying the brain of other living primate species. In other words‚ a specific evolutionary change in the human brain cannot be inferred to be unique to the human lineage unless other species sharing a last common ancestor don’t have it. That being said‚ Rilling emphasizes the role of comparative neuroimaging to investigate the similarities and differences between human and non-human
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Mindful Meditation and the Brain Some view meditation as new age‚ hippie nonsense because it is not a social norm to sit in silence and dig beneath the surface of the mind. Others liken it to tuning an instrument before playing it. I subscribe to the latter; nonetheless‚ meditation is an ancient practice that can be traced back 2‚500 years. However‚ neuroscientists are just now beginning to measure the effects that it has on the brain. While there are many types of meditation‚ they all have the
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