Category: Neuroscience
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The Neurological Effect of Illegal Substances and Alcohol on the Brain
This article explores the neurological effect of substance and alcohol abuse and explores the treatment options available from the British healthcare system, the NHS.
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Psychoanalysis of the total personality
This article explains the Sigmund Freud’s theory or model of the human mind. We come across the ID, Ego and Superego, their behaviours and the role they play in functioning of our minds.
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The Intimate Gut-Brain Connection
This article provides advanced insights into the gut-brain connection and the influence of gut microbiota on the brain’s cognitive, psychological and behavioral functions in the human brain.
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An Evolutionary Explanation of Loneliness
Despite loneliness being a fairly common occurrence in daily life, not many may know about the way in which loneliness could aid humans in survival. This article thus explores the ironically beneficial mechanism of loneliness and addresses the problem of chronic loneliness on our health in modern times.
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‘Patient H.M’ – An unsung hero: The forgotten man who forgot everything
In this article I share a very important story of a man who revolutionised neuroscience by losing his own memory. While patient H.M may have forgotten many things in his lifetime, he is an identity that we cannot allow ourselves to forget as he gifted us his own memory.
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Subliminal Stimuli and its Neurological Affects
Subliminal messages have been used since time immemorial, but researchers are yet to give a very concise explanation of, both, whether it works and if it does, how?
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Your Brain Is Built To Forget
Recent studies contradict decades-old assumptions by proving that the brain was, in fact, built to forget. That, in order to remember, forgetting is a crucial step.
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Your Brain On LSD
LSD is known to trigger hallucinations and unhinge one’s state of consciousness through mild and rapid changes in mood and perception. Ironically enough, this potent drug may also be a potential game-changer in treating mental disorders, specifically depression.
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Neuroinfectious Diseases
Neuroinfectious diseases are infections of the nervous system, including the brain, spinal cord, and nerves. There are many different types of neuroinfectious diseases. Some of the neuroinfectious diseases are Neurosarcoidois, Transverse Myelitis, Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy, and more.
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An Overview of Memory and Amnesia
Often described as simply the partial or total loss of memory, amnesia is one of those conditions we’ve all heard of, have seen in media and can somewhat grasp a hold of what it is. But aside from just waking up with no recall like in movie scenes, in reality, amnesia works in a much…
