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1Aphasia - The Cruelest Language Barrier 1 Citation Imagine the following scenario: You wake up one morning and instead of speaking English, everyone around you?including your family and friends?is speaking Hungarian. This is a problem because you don?t speak Hungarian and you don?t have a clue what they?re saying. You become frustrated. The people around you become frustrated, too, but instead of switching back to English, they speak Hungarian more loudly. Somebody gets the bright idea of writing you a note. You take the note in your hands and, technorati.com
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Staring-Spell Seizures They?re Not All the Same 1 Citation Most people understand that there are multiple types of epileptic seizures. The best known variety--and certainly the most spectacular--is often termed "grand mal," which is French for "major illness." In these attacks the patients lose consciousness, fall to the ground and experience convuls..., technorati.com
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Complex partial seizures/ temporal lobe epilepsy 1 Citation One of the most common type of seizures seen in the adult population is what are called complex partial seizures. As the name suggests these are partial seizures meaning that only a part of the brain has the seizure (remember in generalized seizures the whole brain has the seizure and hence the patient clinically has a convulsion, read my posts on epilepsy and seizures at http://braindiseases.info). Complex partial seizures differ from simple partial seizures. While in simple partial seizures, technorati.com
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1 Citation Epilepsy Lifestyle Issues Filed under: living will infos ? sowhat2 @ Jul 19th, 2008 In simple terms, epilepsy refers to a seizure disorder. This chronic brain disorder temporarily stops normal electrical activity of the brain. Uncontrolled movements of the body, disorientation, fear, anxiety and unconsciousness may accompany these seizures. In most cases, epilepsy is controlled by medication. In extreme situations, patients are operated on. In over 70 percent of all cases, the cause of epil, technorati.com
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1 Citation An epileptic has the tendency to suffer from recurring seizures. Treatment methods for the disorder have improved over the years thanks to research. Essentially, anti-epileptic medication and surgery are the most viable and widely deployed treatment methods. However, neither of these methods is c..., technorati.com
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1 Citation So it?s a bad day. I?ve got a headache that has lasted since last night and no amount of painkillers or water is getting rid of this bitch... I haven?t had a bad day since I found out about the epilepsy; I?ve been full of hope and dreams. Yes I started to live my life as a cliché. Incidentally do you think there?s a support group for that? But today is different. My motivation is slipping and all I want to do is lie in bed, smoke, and possibly read a trashy magazine, but I don?t know if I can, technorati.com
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Locating the light bulb: neural activity correlates to insight 1 Citation Neural Activity When People Solve Verbal Problems with Insight (Jung-Beeman et al, 2004)The "Aha!" moment is, perhaps, one of the most tangible and exciting educational experiences for teachers and students alike; the students finally "get it" - whatever concept or skill "it" might be. Using fMRI and scalp EEG, Beeman et al describe that the experience of insight in solving a problem (followed by an "Aha" moment experience) correlates with a particular type of activity in a specific region of th, technorati.com
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1 Citation Just some random thoughts on the neuroscience behind religion. What is religion ? How are our religious beliefs generated? Do we have a center in the brain dedicated to religion (is there a religion center in the brain?) Role of temporal lobe and limbic structures in religion. Some patients with temporal lobe epilepsy are hyperreligious. Does the temporal lobe house the religion center of the brain? I shall be musing about these thoughts further. Dr. S, technorati.com
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1 Citation Greetings Earthlings! Zontar, the beneficent scribe of all that is true and just, described recently a virulent attack of multiple hemorrhoids. I am happy to announce that Zontar has recovered fully from said affliction, and he wishes to thank the many well-wishers who urged him to regain his good health and be returned back to all so he may spread his kindness, deep intelligence and insights. Thank you loyal minions! While in his sick bed of agony to which he was sentenced, Zontar was overco, technorati.com
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Intermittant Explosive Disorder and Anger Management 1 Citation Perhaps the most problematic area in the anger management field is a serious psychological disorder called intermittent explosive disorder. Intermittent explosive disorder (IED) is a fairly rare disorder of the brain characterized by explosive outbursts of behavior like throwing, breaking things, inflicting physical harm on others with little or no provocation. It is an impulse control disorder that is sometimes linked to temporal lobe epilepsy. It has also been suggested by studies as the unde, technorati.com
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