Theories of Perception Abstract This simplified example of a research paper will look at two of the bottom-up process theories that we use for perception. The two processes that will be evaluated in this paper are Template Theories and a Feature Theory known as Selfridge's Pandemonium Mod...

The assignment I created, 'Create A New Word' has been adapted to the learning skills and intellects my mind and body as become accustomed to. For example, the assignment has been tailored to fit the lifestyle and learning habits of a multitalented, and functional student. A visual learner that ha...

Mental Imagery: What is our Imagination? Imagine that you are fishing by a lake, sitting on the soft green grass looking into the clear blue water, and drinking a cold beer. It is possible for humans to explicitly imagine and describe this situation, even down to the colors of the beer can; but t...

Throughout our life, there are many things that we see, think, taste, smell, and try to explain. Perception is something that our mind assembles all the time. It is the experience of a meaningful pattern or image that the brain assembles from thousands of individual, meaningless sensations. Our p...

"I just won tickets to the John Mayer concert." With emotion, this statement will appeal to a right-brained person more but will also grab the attention of a left-brained; however, if said normally, only a left-brained person will be interested. When looking at the hemispheres of a brain, many int...

The main feature of any of the substances labeled psychedelic is the enhancement of experience. Psychedelics have even been described as "instant experience." These drugs seem to raise the level of respond to fine gradations of stimulus input, to enhance response to stimulation at the upp...

Creative Ways of learning The first thing I want to point out in this essay is that I've been in school for about eleven years and I'm finally being taught how to learn. These methods have been around for a while and still the school system is so set in it's ways that it is barely beginning to c...

In anthropology, the study of primate evolution was dominated by three main theories. Primate evolution studies were triggered by the question, "how early shrew-like mammals develop into the first primates'" Three dominant ideas emerged from this scientific question. The first primate evolut...

What is With the Network??? Has anyone noticed the fact that the netwerk, ever since it has been improved upon, causes more troubles than ever? Sure, we don't mind having the network crashing mid web-page deveolpment (during IA -- ha ha), but during that last speech, worth eighty percent of the ...

Your brain's right and left side have distinctly different ways of looking at the world. The left side of the brain controls the right side of your body and, in essence, is logical analytical, judgmental and verbal. The right side of the brain controls the left side of the body and leans more to t...

Multiple Sclerosis is a disorder that affects the central nervous system. The word "sclerosis" means "scar tissue," so multiple sclerosis is multiple scar tissue on the central nervous system. One out of 1600 people is diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. In the United States, there are approximately ...

Left or Right Brain? What's the Difference? A creative person is a person that can process information that is available to everyone. A writer needs words, a musician needs notes, an artist needs visual perceptions, and they all need some knowledge of different techniques of their abili...

Summary of Lorenzo's Oil In the movie, Lorenzo's Oil, the true story of Lorenzo Odone and his family's fight to save his life is vividly prtrayed. The movie examines the ravaging effects of a disorder called adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD). ALD is a rare, genetic disorder characterized by...

"Ecstasy" Damages the Brain and Impairs Memory in Humans In an article that was found at NIDA NOTES on the Internet, titled "Ecstasy " Damages the Brain and Impairs Memory in Humans, discusses the horrible effect that this popular drug has on the human body. In a...

A VISION In a simple way we can just say the eye is nothing else, just an organ of sight, the same as the ear is the organ of hearing, or the nose is an organ of smelling. The human eye is a complex part of the body that is used for seeing. Sight, or vision, is a process that involves continuou...

VISION In a simple way we can just say the eye is nothing else, just an organ of sight, the same as the ear is the organ of hearing, or the nose is an organ of smelling. The human eye is a complex part of the body that is used for seeing. Sight, or vision, is a process that involves continuous ...

There are a variety of different explanations for why dreams exist. Dreams are defined as a series of images, ideas, emotions, and sensations that occur involuntarily in the mind during certain stages of sleep. They occur only during a period of sleep called REM sleep. The frontal lobe is active dur...

The phrase, "Monkey See, Monkey Do!" takes on connotations of reality with the discovery (or at least, the conjecture) of mirror neurons. Mirror neurons were first identified in the frontal lobes (pre-motor cortex area or Broca's area) in monkeys. Broca's area is the center in ...

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Sleep is a phenomenon that amazes every individual. It is an essential part of our daily life; it not only affects our daily functioning, but it also affects our physical and mental health in many ways. It gives our body the opportunity to rest and restore itself. Although sleep is thought to be a s...

Almost everyone consumes some form of caffeine in the morning to help him or herself wake up. That first jolt increases the feeling of alertness, stimulates the brain, and gives an initial burst of energy. The question is, do you really need it? Caffeine is the world's most popular...