Neuropathology ToegepastPsycholoog.nl Anatomy of the Brain The anatomy of the brain is complex due its intricate structure and function. This amazing organ acts as a control center by receiving, interpreting, and directing sensory information throughout the body. The brain and spinal cord are the two main structures of the central nervous system. There are three major divisions of the brain. Anatomy of the Brain: Brain Divisions The forebrain is responsible for a variety of functions including receiving and processing sensory information, thinking, perceiving, producing and understanding language, and controlling motor function. The midbrain and the hindbrain together make up the brainstem. The hindbrain extends from the spinal cord and is composed of the metencephalon and myelencephalon. Anatomy of the Brain: Structures The brain contains various structures that have a multitude of functions. Basal Ganglia For additional information about the brain, see Brain Basics.
Pleasure Systems in the Brain ARU home page | ARU Profile | Addiction Primer | Biological Basis | Research Findings University Courses | Opportunities | Research Reports | Feedback From M.A. Michael A. Neurological research has identified a biological mechanism mediating behavior motivated by events commonly associated with pleasure in humans. Motivation & Reward Motivation can be considered under two general rubrics—appetitive and aversive motivation. Behaviorism traditionally rejects the notion that subjective experience has a critical role in determining behavior. In general, events that serve as positive reinforcers produce approach behavior defined as appetitive motivation. A Biological Basis of Appetitive Motivation and Reward Physiological psychology research has identified separate but interactive neural pathways mediating reward and aversion (i.e., functioning as positive and negative reinforcement systems, respectively). Reward Substrate Identified by Electrical Brain Stimulation Selected Bibliography
3D Brain Loket Gezond Leven Re-creating the brain with a $1.6-billion supercomputer project There are seven billion human brains on the planet, but even the best minds in neuroscience aren’t really sure how they work. How does a network of a hundred trillion neural connections generate thoughts and feelings and motivate action? An international team of researchers is taking a crack at finding out by building a brain of its own. Boosted by a massive funding commitment from the European Commission, announced on Monday, the Human Brain Project is a $1.6-billion effort that will draw on a growing body of research about brain structure and function and aim to translate it into a multilayered supercomputer simulation. While it is by no means the first effort to approximate the brain “in silico,” the scope and scale of the project is beyond anything attempted to date. Skeptics question whether it can succeed. Co-ordinated from Lausanne, Switzerland, the project is expected occupy about 200 researchers at dozens of institutions around the world for a decade or more. Two ways.
The Charlie Brown Theory of Personality There are those who say there is nothing to be learned in the comics section of the newspaper. We don't talk about these people. To everyone else - yes, of course the comics can teach us, but did you know they can teach us about personality psychology? It's true. Rather than actually proving this in any kind of systematic, empirical, or scientific fashion, I will instead propose the Charlie Brown Theory of Personality - which quite closely mirrors the Five Factor Model. This model reduces all of the different possible personality variables into five broad factors: neuroticism (now more politely called emotional stability), extraversion, openness to experience (sometimes just called openness), conscientiousness, and agreeableness. Ah, you might say, that's too complicated. The Charlie Brown Theory of Personality. Charlie Brown = Neuroticism Charlie Brown is a model neurotic. Snoopy = Extraversion Snoopy is a typical extravert. Lucy = (Dis)agreeableness Linus = Openness to experience
The Human Brain Atlas at Michigan State University Keith D. Sudheimer, Brian M. Winn, Garrett M. Kerndt, Jay M. Shoaps, Kristina K. Davis, Archibald J. Radiology Department, Communications Technology Laboratory, and College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University; National Museum of Health and Medicine, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology A note concerning stained sections: In this atlas you can view MRI sections through a living human brain as well as corresponding sections stained for cell bodies or for nerve fibers. Introduction and methods Acknowledgments
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€2 billion in European funding goes to Graphene and Human Brain projects Awards €2 billion in European funding goes to Graphene and Human Brain projects Research aims to revolutionize computing and better understand the human brain Large-scale interdisciplinary projects titled Graphene and the Human Brain Project will receive up to €1 billion each ($1.4 billion or £8.5 million) over 10 years as the winners of the European Commission’s Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) Flagships Initiative. The winners were announced today by Neelie Kroes , Vice-President of the European Commission and High Commissioner for the Digital Agenda for Europe, at a press conference in Brussels. “We are bringing science and technology together to answer Europe’s challenges,” Kroes said, “and we are working across borders because we achieve more when we work together.” Jari Kinatet, PhD Who’s in the Graphene consortium? Led by Dr. Artistic impression of a corrugated graphene sheet (Jannik Meyer) What is Graphene? View the project papers and videos Dr. Who’s in the Human Brain Project?
Radiopaedia.org, the wiki-based collaborative Radiology resource Commons Psychology - open acces articles Resilience As A Mediator Of The Relationship Between Negative Life Events And Psychological Well-Being, Anna L. Faircloth 2017 Georgia Southern University Resilience As A Mediator Of The Relationship Between Negative Life Events And Psychological Well-Being, Anna L. Electronic Theses & Dissertations The relatively young field of positive psychology serves to redirect the focus of common psychological investigation and intervention on factors that deplete well-being, toward characteristics and experiences that promote happiness and well-being (Seligman & Csikszentmihalyi, 2000). Examining Anxiety Schemas Through The Context Of A Stress-Intrapersonal Model, Kayla M. Examining Anxiety Schemas Through The Context Of A Stress-Intrapersonal Model, Kayla M. Explicating vulnerability factors to anxiety difficulties is important as the National Comorbidity Study (NCS) lists anxiety as the most common and costly class of mental health disorders in the United States. University of Richmond Scott T.