Brains scans are used to view the brain without actually having cranial surgery. They combine camera images with a computer to view what is going on inside someone's or something's head. Some scans are used to delineate the structure of particular diseases, other scans are used to find brain injur...

Barbiturates ABOUT: These drugs act to depress the central nervous system and are often called sleeping pills. They are derived from barbituric acid (C4H4N2O3), a combination of urea and malonic acid. Depressants act as downers, and can slow the body and mind down. There are over 2000 known barbit...

Trepanation is the practice of making a hole in the skull. It is the oldest surgical procedure practiced by mankind (ITAG introduction). Archaeologists have found trepanned skulls dating back to 3000 B.C. Hippocrates, who is considered to be the father of medicine, wrote "On Injuries of the He...

Smart drugs are the term, which stands for legal substances intended to influence activity of human brain. Those substances should be of natural origin or they should be at least as much similar to natural substances as possible. One of the key attributes is that those substances are non-addictive. ...

The two organisms discussed I this report are humans and Frogs. The Taxonomy of an organism includes kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species. Humans are classified by the kingdom animalia, phylum chordate, class mammalia, order primates, family hominidae, genus homo, and species...

Research Methods Modern technology has made it possible for psychologist and other scientist to study the brain in living organism with an array of new tools. With these new tool psychologist and other neuroscientists are able to explore the structure of the brain and its complex role in di...

Memory is an essential part of everyone's daily life; therefore, memory loss can be a stressful and sometimes frightening experience. However, for so many people, memory loss reaches to far greater extents than where someone left his or her wallet or where one parked their car in a parking lot....

Do You See What They See Summary Synesthesia is peculiar yet almost envious condition in which the person either sees sounds, taste shapes, or feels colors. A synesthete may have one or more form of the condition! Their senses mix with what they are seeing, touching, or hearing. For example: th...

A Moment of Life I woke up scared, not knowing where I was. Tubes, wires, and needles littered my body. Pulling and scratching at the foreign objects, I tried to free myself from the physical bondage. Immediately a voice called to me. It sounded as though it was coming from across a dream, but ...