Corpus callosum: Function and disorders The corpus callosum connects the left side of the brain to the right side, each side being known as a hemisphere. The connection allows information to pass between the two halves. Corpus callosum is Latin for “tough body,” and the corpus callosum is the largest connective pathway in the brain, being made up of more than 200 million nerve fibers. Very occasionally, a person will be born without a corpus callosum. Each side of the brain controls movement and feeling in the opposite half of the body. Therefore, physical coordination and taking in complex information requires both sides of the brain to work together. The corpus callosum sits in the center of the brain, measures around 10 centimeters (cm) in length, and is shaped like the letter “C.” Typically, the corpus callosum will form in the brain between 12 and 16 weeks after conception and near the end of the first trimester of pregnancy. It will continue to develop throughout childhood. Syndromes associated with agenesis include:
The Real Origins of the Religious Right One of the most durable myths in recent history is that the religious right, the coalition of conservative evangelicals and fundamentalists, emerged as a political movement in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling legalizing abortion. The tale goes something like this: Evangelicals, who had been politically quiescent for decades, were so morally outraged by Roe that they resolved to organize in order to overturn it. This myth of origins is oft repeated by the movement’s leaders. Some of these anti- Roe crusaders even went so far as to call themselves “new abolitionists,” invoking their antebellum predecessors who had fought to eradicate slavery. But the abortion myth quickly collapses under historical scrutiny. Today, evangelicals make up the backbone of the pro-life movement, but it hasn’t always been so. When the Roe decision was handed down, W. So what then were the real origins of the religious right? In Green v. The Green v. The IRS was not placated.
Vaihtoehtoisten totuuksien ajan syyllisiä on turha etsiä postmodernisteista – syylliset ovat paljon lähempänä - Päivän lehti 20.5.2017 - HS.fi Helsingissä marssittiin 22. huhtikuuta faktojen puolesta. Se kuulostaa oudolta. Mutta outoja ovat ajatkin. Kun poliitikot ja kansalaiset sanovat, että olennaista ei ole miten asiat ovat, vaan miten asiat koetaan, jonkun täytyy puhua totuuden puolesta. Euroopassa ja Yhdysvalloissa mietitään nyt, miksi totuudesta on tullut monivalintakysymys. Venäläis-brittiläinen toimittaja Peter Pomerantsev Pomerantsevin mukaan nämä 1900-luvun viimeisillä vuosikymmenillä vaikuttaneet hämärät ja vaikeaselkoiset älyköt ujuttivat ensin mediaan ja sitä kautta kaiken kansan mieliin myrkyllisen ajatuksen nimeltään relativismi. Relativismi väittää, ettei tosiasioita ole olemassakaan, on vain tulkintoja. Tiedemies ja tietokirjailija Daniel C. Syytökset ovat vääriä. Syytökset ovat viimeisin vaihe ajojahdissa, jossa postmodernisteja on syytetty milloin mistäkin. Mitä postmodernistit sanoivat ja mistä johtuu toistuva hyökkäys heitä vastaan? Mitä tämä tarkoittaa? Päinvastoin.
The Difficulties In Treatment Of Complex PTSD – Fighting for a Future Survivors of childhood abuse, like other traumatised people, are frequently misdiagnosed and mistreated in the mental health system. Because of the number and complexity of their symptoms, their treatment is often fragmented and incomplete. Because of their characteristic difficulties in close relationships, they are particularly vulnerable to re-victimisation by caregivers. All three disorders common to Complex PTSD are associated with high levels of dissociation particularly for those with Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) previously known as multiple personalities disorder. When sufferers of Complex PTSD understand that the most troubled features of the disorder are attributable to the sexual and physical abuse/trauma suffered in childhood the disorder becomes more comprehensible in light of the history of their trauma. Traumatised people are often reluctant to ask for help of any kind, let psychotherapy. Like this: Like Loading...
Recognizing the Non-religious - Hardback - Lois Lee Recognizing the Non-religious Reimagining the Secular Lois Lee Reviews and Awards "This is, in many ways, an important book. Lee's work is part of a new wave of anthropological and sociological studies of secular, atheist, irreligious and non-religious formations. "This book is both innovative and insightful. "This is simply the most analytically sophisticated discussion of non-religion/secularity written to date. "This is a book that expertly binds the empirical and theoretical concerns of an under-researched set of groups in society and comes down in favor of a substantial understanding of the unreligious.
Mielikuvitus saa ihmiset auttamaan | Maailman Kuvalehti Miksi toiset auttavat ja toiset eivät? Selvitimme auttamisen motiiveja. Empatia, mielikuvitus ja rohkeus – nämä piirteet yhdistävät sosiaalipsykologi Klaus Helkaman mukaan ihmisiä, jotka ovat valmiita toimimaan muiden hyväksi. Moraaliajatteluun ja -arvoihin erikoistunut Helkama kertoo klassikkotutkimuksesta, jossa vertailtiin juutalaisia pelastaneita saksalaisia niihin maanmiehiinsä, jotka päättivät olla auttamatta. ”Yksi yhteinen piirre juutalaisia pelastaneilla ihmisillä oli empatia: he tunsivat myötätuntoa muitakin kuin oman ryhmänsä jäseniä kohtaan. Helkaman mukaan empatiaan tarvitaan aina mielikuvitusta. Toinen piirre, joka yhdistää muita auttavia ihmisiä, on Helkaman mukaan rohkeus. ”He eivät kuitenkaan tunne olevansa mitenkään erityisiä, vaan halu auttaa on luonnollinen osa heidän minuuttaan.” Itä-Suomen yliopiston sosiaalipedagogiikan lehtorin Sanna Ryynäsen mukaan positiivinen suuttumus on aktivismissa keskeinen voima. Mitkä ovat niitä asioita, joihin sopeudumme nyt hiljaa?
MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for PTSD causes long-lasting changes in personality, study finds Mental health professionals have long struggled to find more effective treatments for post-traumatic stress disorder. Scientists are currently investigating whether the illegal party drug known “ecstasy” or “molly” could help those suffering from the disorder. As part of that investigation, researchers have now published evidence showing that the combination of psychotherapy and MDMA (methylenedioxymethamphetamine) not only reduces PTSD symptoms but also causes long-lasting changes in key personality traits. The findings appeared online June 21 in the peer-reviewed Journal of Psychopharmacology. “The scientists in our group (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies, a.k.a. MDMA is an amphetamine-like stimulant with psychedelic properties. “The effect size of the treatment has been large (0.9 effect size) and in long-term follow-up we have found that 67.4% of subjects no longer met the DSM criteria for PTSD,” Wagner told PsyPost.
Why atheists are not as rational as some like to think Many atheists think that their atheism is the product of rational thinking. They use arguments such as “I don’t believe in God, I believe in science” to explain that evidence and logic, rather than supernatural belief and dogma, underpin their thinking. But just because you believe in evidence-based, scientific research – which is subject to strict checks and procedures – doesn’t mean that your mind works in the same way. When you ask atheists about why they became atheists (as I do for a living), they often point to eureka moments when they came to realise that religion simply doesn’t make sense. Oddly perhaps, many religious people actually take a similar view of atheism. The science of atheism The problem that any rational thinker needs to tackle, though, is that the science increasingly shows that atheists are no more rational than theists. This is perfectly rational in a sense, but children aren’t processing this on a cognitive level. Science versus beliefs