Through Functional MRI s this site has shown decreased activity in depressed versus happy people. Our brain reacts more like a plant than as a computer. In this MAP course you have learned a number of facts and hypotheses concerning the brain. Please discuss the most important way this course has taught you how to think about your brain . Try to be as specific as possible, for example, use changes in your understanding and approach to drugs, sleep, sex, memory, language, brain injury, diseases etc Frame your statement in a neuroscientific context using examples from class and knowledge you have acquired about cellular, anatomical or behavioral mechanisms.
Memory formation is a process that involves the cooperation of many brain regions.
Schizophrenia is a disease which usually becomes apparent in early adulthood and has a variety of effects, both mental and physical. Describe what is meant by positive and negative symptoms in reference to schizophrenia and give examples of each. Depression is a very common disease that is accompanied by both mental and physical symptoms. Describe some mental and physical effects of depression.