We use cookies to give you the best experience possible. By continuing we’ll assume you’re on board with our cookie policy Brain damage in general is a complex area to understand. Whether it is brain damage through sudden head trauma due to an accident or due to a biological disease it is equally difficult to […]

We use cookies to give you the best experience possible. By continuing we’ll assume you’re on board with our cookie policy There are many considerations to take into account when discussing higher-order and lower-order functions of the human brain. It is an issue easily debated as to whether certain functions or structures are higher than […]

We use cookies to give you the best experience possible. By continuing we’ll assume you’re on board with our cookie policy It was Papez (1937) who first postulated that there were a collection of structures within the brain, whose interdependence was such that they might legitimately, be conceptualized as an interrelated system. Their function he […]

We use cookies to give you the best experience possible. By continuing we’ll assume you’re on board with our cookie policy Hypothesis: I believe that as the age of the subject increases so will their brain speed. I define brain speed as being how fast the subject can solve simple problems such as an anagram […]

We use cookies to give you the best experience possible. By continuing we’ll assume you’re on board with our cookie policy he ablation technique involves surgically removing or destroying brain tissue. A study into this technique was conducted by Flourens (1820); who showed that the removal of thin slices of brain tissue; resulted in them […]

We use cookies to give you the best experience possible. By continuing we’ll assume you’re on board with our cookie policy Brain Development: Are the Early Years Really the Most Important? Many people do not think the early years are the most important to a child’s brain development. They seem to have the attitude that […]

We use cookies to give you the best experience possible. By continuing we’ll assume you’re on board with our cookie policy Spina bifida is an inborn abnormality involving the spine and brain. This part of the body begins to develop in the fetus during the first month of pregnancy from a structure called the neural […]