...client, who has to decide which hand is being touched. With practice, the client can recognize that the left hand is being touched. In some cases, the researcher will touch both hands at exactly the same time. In this case, the client usually ignores that the left one is also being touched and only pays attention to the right hand It is said that over time, in some cases, the sensory, perceptual, and visual understanding of the left side of the body can be resolve and improved in someone with unilateral neglect. The key here is to make sure that the person with unilateral neglect tries to learn how to focus on the left side, eventually leading to improvement in rehabilitation. Just like Oliver Sacks described, the textbook Principles of Neuropsychology describes unilateral neglect as a lack of awareness on the contralateral side of the affected brain region. For those with unilateral neglect, their awareness favors everything on the right while the brain ignores what is on the left. In many cases, individuals believe that everything on the left of their body is not actually a part of their own body. Many times, like Mrs. S., these individuals do not put makeup on the left side of their faces, and some men do not shave there either. In conclusion, many of these patients experience daily struggles and challenges because of their unilateral neglect. These challenges were highlighted by both Sacks and the textbook that was described earlier. Treatment and rehabilitation can help these...
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...ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION Relationship Between Concussion and Neuropsychological Performance in College Football Players Michael W. Collins, PhD Scott H. Grindel, MD Mark R. Lovell, PhD Duane E. Dede, PhD David J. Moser, PhD Benjamin R. Phalin, BS Sally Nogle, MA, ATC Michael Wasik, MEd, ATC David Cordry, MA Michelle Klotz Daugherty, MA Samuel F. Sears, PhD Guy Nicolette, MD Peter Indelicato, MD Douglas B. McKeag, MD T HE MANAGEMENT OF MILD TRAU- matic brain injury (MTBI; eg, concussion, defined as a traumatically induced alteration in mental status not necessarily resulting in loss of consciousness) in athletics is currently one of the most compelling challenges in sports medicine. Despite the high prevalence1 and potentially serious outcomes2,3 associated with concussion, systematic research on this topic is lacking. Many sports medicine practitioners are not satisfied with current return-to-play and treatment options, which do not appear to be evidence based.4-6 There is also little research examining whether long-term cognitive See also pp 954, 958, 971, 974, and 989. 964 JAMA, September 8, 1999—Vol 282, No. 10 Context Despite the high prevalence and potentially serious outcomes associated with concussion in athletes, there is little systematic research examining risk factors and short- and long-term outcomes. Objectives To assess the relationship between concussion history and learning disability (LD) and the association of these...
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...The research that I undertook in the field of neuropsychology was one that was able to offer unmatched knowledge as to the workings of the brain. I was able to learn how the brain functions as well as what a powerful tool it is when it comes to controlling the body. The research was able to open up my eyes to the fact that the brain needs to be taken care of as it can make or break an individual. The research was also able to offer a few hilarious moments such as where the older people are taken back to university so as to find out whether they can still retain information. That would come across as laughable as one would not expect an elderly person back in a classroom to grasp concepts that bother even the younger generation. The research was also able to make me learn that no one is mentally ill per se, and psychological problems are not a disease. The other part that was interesting was that music could improve the state of the mind, and that would go against the contrary belief that music slows down the memory. The lessons learnt in the study have gone a long way to improving my perception of the brain. References Hanna-Pladdy, B. & MacKay, A. (2011). The relation between instrumental musical activity and cognitive aging. Neuropsychology, 25(3), 378-386. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0021895 Lenehan, M., Summers, M., Saunders, N., Summers, J., Ward, D., Ritchie, K., & Vickers, J. (2015). Sending Your Grandparents to University Increases Cognitive Reserve: The Tasmanian...
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...Many men are devoted to exercise to bulk up their bodies, but the phrase “use it or lose it” applies to more than just the muscles in our bodies -- it also applies to the neural pathways and connections in our brains. There are a variety of exercises and activities that can successfully work each of the brain’s five major cognitive functions on a daily basis. In addition to the tasks you can perform daily, you can also train your brain with HAPPYneuron online brain games and a personalized brain fitness program. Our minds consist of five main cognitive functions: • memory, • attention, • language, • visual-spatial skills, • and executive function. It’s important to challenge, stimulate and effectively exercise all five areas to stay mentally sharp as our brains age. Here are 5 daily brain exercises that can help you do this. 1- Memory Memory plays a crucial role in all cognitive activities, including reading, reasoning and mental calculation. There are several types of memory at work in the brain. Taken together, these are the cognitive skills we may notice most when they begin to fail. To maintain a good memory, you need to train for it, which can be easier than you think. Listening to music is not only enjoyable, but by choosing a song you don’t know and memorizing the lyrics, you boost the level of acetylcholine, the chemical that helps build your brain, and improve your memory skills. Challenge yourself even more by showering or getting dressed in the dark or using...
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...Concussions in Athletes Patrick Austin DeVry University Concussions in Athletes Junior Seau, a favorite player of many professional football fans, committed suicide in 2012. Although Seau seemed to have everything going his way, he quietly suffered from depression, one of the many symptoms of repeated concussions Those close to Seau knew something was not right the man they all knew and loved. Some of them just chalked it up to him adjusting to life after football. Many players go through an adjustment period after stepping down from a glorious career in the limelight. However, this was not the case with Seau. He was suffering from chronic traumatic encephalopathy, CTE. What is unique about Seau’s suicide is he shot himself in the chest. The common belief is he did this to preserve his brain for scientist to study how it was affected by suffering many concussions during his 20 year football career. And, eight months after his death, the scientists who examined his brain announced they had found evidence of CTE (chronic traumatic encephalopathy), a dire neurological disease linked to concussions, which has been a factor in the deaths of many other NFL players (Penn, 2013). The fact that a player would kill himself because he was suffering from symptoms of repeated concussions speaks to the importance of properly diagnosing and treating head injuries. Other players have suffered from the symptoms of brain trauma. Some, like Dave Dureson, have even taken their own lives. These...
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...Neuropsychology is the branch of psychology which investigates the function and structure of the brain as it relates to processes of cognition such as; memory, perception, thinking, recognition and the human ability to solve problems, ( Jansari, 2010 p.60). Since the second half of the nineteenth century neurologist began studying brain damage in patients, more specifically their research has examined the effect of brain damage and its implication for normal cognitive functions. It has therefore being argued that in order to understand a working system, one must understand how it can fail, (Jansari, 2010 p. 59). This can refine and possibly constrain existing theories, as well as inspire the formulation of future concepts with regards to the structure of normal cognition. Evidence is based on case studies of individual brain damaged patients who show deficits in particular areas of the brain, from such studies researchers infer that different areas of the brain are highly specialized. Furthermore the development of more accurate techniques, aided by more effective research paradigms has increased our understanding of cognitive functions, in areas such as disassociation, plasticity, memory, localization and face processing, which would be explored later in the essay. Cognitive neuropsychology has however shown that there are limitations in understanding cognition where questions regarding methodology may arise, for instance studying single patient symptoms may pose problem for...
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...Exploring Psychology Careers Destiny Brotherton PSY 305 May 4, 2015 Dr. Jon Stern Exploring Psychology Careers Although there is an inordinate amount of diverse types and areas of specialization in psychology, such as Clinical Neuropsychology and School Psychology, the overall idea is the study and research of the human mind and behavior. Psychology is known to aid those who suffer from a variety of mental illnesses while also helping people to comprehend better the mind and how exactly the brain operates; some believe such study is both ineffective and unethical. Majoring in psychology opens the door for various career opportunities since “there are over 200 classified forms of mental illnesses” that are “on a continuum of severity (The Five Major Categories Of Mental Illness, 2011).” Mental illnesses can take anyone as a victim, they do not discriminate. “One in 4 adults and one in five children will have a mental health disorder at some point in their lives (The Five Major Categories Of Mental Illness, 2011).” There will always be those who are unfortunate to have a mental illness, meaning the research will always be a necessity. Thus, the careers in psychology are to remain endless. There are many benefits to having a career in psychology, such as a high job outlook, being able to make a difference in people’s lives, and learning more about yourself and others. The demand for psychological services is high, and the statistics for people who have mental illnesses...
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...The Importance of Biology in the Study of Psychology Ashley B. McVey Cecil College Abstract Whether it is the study of biopsychology and other fields of psychology or neuroscience, all psychologists and scientists are trying to understand the functions of the brain. The body and mind connection and how it reacts to certain behaviors or illnesses. Most all psychological functioning can be reduced to underlying brain processes. This should serve as reason alone as to why biology plays an important part in the study of psychology. Psychological factors play a role in whether a person develops a mental illness and in how well they recover from a mental illness, yet biological and genetic risk factors, or predispositions, are fundamentals to understanding mental illnesses. In this paper, we will look at Parkinson’s disease as an example of how biology has brought us to a deeper understanding of the psychology of mental illness. Psychology is an academic and applied discipline that involves the scientific study of mental functions and behaviors. Psychologists attempt to understand the role of mental functions in individual and social behavior, while also exploring the psychological and neurobiological processes that underlie certain functions and behaviors. For this reason, biology plays a very important role in the study of psychology. Psychology determines what people perceive to feel and behave, but underlying it all, ultimately determining the way we act...
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...What next for Psychology? The word Psychology, derived from two Greek words, ‘Psyche’ (Ψυχή, breath or the soul) and ‘logos’ (study) (Clark, 2014), is the field of scientific study devoted to the functions of the human brain and human behaviour (Clark, 2014). From the philosophical debates of ancient Greek scholars (Psychology Network, 2014), to the sophisticated scientific study performed by specialists in the field today (Queens University, 2014), humankind has sought to discover and unravel the secrets of the human brain. This long journey through the millennia has seen a dramatic evolution in the nature of psychology (Origins, 2014), however, it was not until the nineteenth century that a truly scientific discipline was born (Thomas, 2014). Wilhelm Wundt (1832 – 1920) (Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2014), set up the first psychology laboratory, situated within the department of philosophy, at the University of Leipzig in 1876 (Thomas, 2014). The facility was devoted to physiological experimentation through scientific methodology, and it was also where the theory of introspection, which posited that reflection and interpretation of lived experiences could help to develop a model of consciousness, was developed. (Thomas, 2014). Since this time, psychology as a ‘scientific’ specialty has grown into a discipline with many branches, with each of these branches being devoted to a particular aspect or paradigm (Ritchie & Grenier, 2002) This essay will present a concise account...
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...University of Phoenix Material Biological Psychology Worksheet Answer the following questions in short-essay format. Be prepared to discuss your answers. 1. What is biological psychology? Biological Psychology is more known for behavioral and neurobiology neuroscience. This is a very interesting and exciting one. It is chiefly concerned with elucidating the neurobiological basis of psychological and behavioral phenomena. The interesting accomplished by being able to get images of the brain and trying to determine the location of the mental process, watching the activity of different components of our brain, allowing us to study the effect of behavior, and the effect of our brains outputs. The field has grown over the past decades due to the expansion of computer technology and the greater understanding of genetics and biology and the fMRI imaging machines. 2. What is the historical development of biological psychology? The historical development of biopsychology is traced as far back as the ancient Greek era. It became the Roman church who dictated much of the human behavior according to their religious beliefs. After the Dark Ages subsided a new way of thinking was born and this period is called the Renaissance era. With this era came new ways of studying things, ways to see things by observing them and this was how modern science was founded. 3. Name one to three important theorists associated with biological...
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...mental activity. * To combine the study of both the internal mental activities and observable human behaviors, psychology became the science of behavior and mental processes. TERMS * ------------------------------------------------- cognitive neuroscience An academic field concerned with the scientific study of biological substrates underlying cognition, with a specific focus on the neural substrates of mental processes. It addresses the questions of how psychological/cognitive functions are produced by the brain. Cognitive neuroscience is a branch of both psychology and neuroscience, overlapping with disciplines such as physiological psychology, cognitive psychology and neuropsychology. Cognitive neuroscience relies upon theories in cognitive science coupled with evidence from neuropsychology, and computational modelling. * ------------------------------------------------- behaviorism An approach to psychology focusing on behavior, denying any independent significance for the mind, and assuming that behavior is determined by theenvironment. * ------------------------------------------------- humanistic...
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...الفصل الأول علم النفس العصبي: النشأة والأهمية النشأة والأهمية) ــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــ - التعريف، النشأة والتطور:- علم النفس العصبي Neuropsychology في أبسط تعريفاته هو " ذلك العلم الذي يقوم بدراسة العلاقة بين السلوك والمخ." أو هو " دراسة العلاقة بين وظائف المخ من ناحية والسلوك من ناحية أخرى". وتستمد هذه الدراسة معلوماتها من أكثر من علم كعلم التشريح Anatomy وعلوم الحياة (البيولوجيBiology)، وعلم الأدوية (فارماكولوجيPharmacology)، وعلم وظائف الأعضاء (الفسيولوجي Physiology). ويعد علم النفس العصبي الإكلينيكي Clinical Neuropsychology أحد المجالات التي يتم فيها تطبيق هذه المعرفة في المواقف الإكلينيكية الخاصة ببعض المشكلات. ظهرت العديد من الدوريات المتخصصة في هذا المجال التي نوجز بعضها فيما يلي:- 1- مجلة علم النفس العصبي الإكلينيكي Journal of Clinical Neuropsychology. 2- مجلة علم النفس الإكلينيكي Clinical Psychology. 3- علم النفس العصبي الإكلينيكي Clinical Neuropsychology. 4- المجلة الدولية للعلوم العصبية International Journal of Neurosciences. 5- مجلة نيوروسيكولوجيا Neuropsychologia. 6- مجلة علم النفس العصبي الإكلينيكي والتجريبي J. of Clinical & Experimental Neuropsychology. 7- مجلة علم النفس العصبي Neuropsychology. 8- مجلة المخ (الدماغ) واللغة Brain & Language. حتى أوائل عام 1980 لم يكن علم النفس العصبي أحد التخصصات المحددة، ثم وضعت الجمعية الأمريكية لعلم النفس American Psychological Association تحديداً في القسم الأربعين لها حددت فيه تعريف علم النفس العصبي، وفي أواخر الثمانينات وضعت الجمعية المحددات المطلوبة لمن يحصل على دبلوم علم النفس العصبي الإكلينيكي...
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...Esperanza Bausela Herreras Arch Neurocien (Mex) Vol. 15, No. 1: 17-24; 2010 ©INNN, 2010 ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ Arch Neurocien (Mex) INNN, 2010 Artículo original Validación concurrente de la batería Luria-DNA frente a las escalas de inteligencia Wechsler (WAIS-III) Esperanza Bausela Herreras RESUMEN En el contexto de la evaluación neuropsicológica, las pruebas de inteligencia se aplican típicamente como parte de una batería de pruebas más extensas, para evaluar múltiples dominios de funcionamiento psicológico. Con este estudio hemos pretendido contribuir al proceso de validación de la batería Luria-DNA frente a las escalas de inteligencia Wechsler para adultos, tercera edición (WAIS-III) en estudiantes universitarios. Objetivos: con este estudio pretendemos contribuir al proceso de validación de la batería Luria-DNA frente al WAIS-III, este objetivo ha sido desglosado en torno al estudio de las propiedades psicométricas de los instrumentos aplicados y al análisis de la muestra de estudiantes universitarios participantes (estudio intergrupo e intragrupo). Material y métodos: en esta investigación han participado 115 estudiantes matriculados en la titulación de psicopedagogía, fundamentalmente, a los que se unen en menor número, estudiantes de otras titulaciones. Resultados: los coeficientes de correlación...
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...Running Head: PROJECT 1 Project 1 PS501-03 I have chosen a career in School psychology. Becoming a school psychologist has been something that I wanted to do since my freshman year in college. During that time I began working for an organization called Community Intervention and Research Center as a behavioral aide, which I found to be very rewarding. Though the organization was a social service agency, we worked with a lot of school and child psychologists. My job duties were to be someone who enforces behavior modification with children who were put on my case load one on one but within their normal everyday environment. Each child had a treatment plan that was put in place by their psychologist and my duty was to help implement it. So I accompanied the children on my caseload to school, home and/or their after school program. Each child had been diagnosed with some sort of emotional, behavioral, and/or learning disorder and it was my job to coach them through some of their difficulties. This job actually meant a lot to me because as a child I was diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Growing up was very difficult for me because I was always being kicked out of schools or put in remedial classes because a lot of schools weren’t adept at handling children with ADHD. So this job became especially important to me which is why...
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...University of Phoenix Material Biological Psychology Worksheet Answer the following questions in short-essay format. Be prepared to discuss your answers. 1. What is biological psychology? Biopsychology is the scientific study of the biology of behavior. It is a branch of psychology that analyzes how neurotransmitters and the brain influences our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. It draws together knowledge and other neurosciencefic disciplines and applies it to the study of behavior. 2. What is the historical development of biological psychology? .The Bio psychological approach is to look for causes of behavioral problems within the influence of the brain, nervous system, endocrine glands, genetic DNA, or any physical element. The history can be traced back as far as Avicenna (980-1037 CE). H was a physician who seen that the treatment involving emotions and are attributed to creating a method in which there is a correlation between the heart rate and inner feelings. This discipline continued throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. William James (1890) stated that an understanding of psychology is something that includes an understanding of biology (New World Encyclopedia, 2007). 3. Name one to three important theorists associated with biological psychology. One important theorist that can be associated with biological psychology is Rene’ Descartes. He was the first to clearly identify that the mind has a consciousness...
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