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Dyslexia is a specific learning difficulty which is indicative of people having difficulties in learning to read and write (Wood and Richardson, 2002). This is a complex condition which may manifest itself in different and varying degrees in each individual case although a number of core difficulties have been identified which may indicate a person…

Amnesia Introduction Amnesia is a collective term used to describe a condition characterized by loss of memory. The part of the brain that controls memory storage and retrieval is compromised by brain damage. This damage to the brain may affect the short-term or the long term memory. Brain damage may be caused by various events….

During the learning process, information is encoded, stored, and retrieved. Initially, the sensory organs receive information from the environment and briefly store it in the sensory cells. By paying attention to this information, it gets transferred to the working memory/short-term memory. If rehearsed, information can stay in short-term memory indefinitely but often gets displaced by…

“People only see what they are prepared to see” is a well-known quote by Ralph Waldo, highlighting how the purpose of a text can frequently go unnoticed and be misconstrued by the observer. Individuals often have a restricted worldview, but it is the Distinctly Visual element of a text that enables the viewer to develop…

            Buried deep in the medial temporal lobe is the hippocampus which resembles a zucchini or a horseshoe and is characteristic of millions and millions of cells (neurons) organized into a network that is unlike any other part of the nervous system. Structurally it is a bulb like shape and protrudes into the lateral ventricles….

Senator Pinochet has a complex medical history, but the main active medical problems at present are diabetic peripheral neuropathy and recently progressive cerebrovascular brain damage. The diabetic neuropathology is contributing to difficulties in walking and to the observed tendency to postural hypertension. The diabetes will also have predisposed to arterial disease as will a past…

In the poem “Lisa’s Ritual, Age 10,” Grace C Kuhns depicts the actions and emotions of a young girl who has suffered sexual abuse from her father. The title suggests that the ritual mentioned not only involves cleansing but also serves as a psychological method of distancing herself from the traumatic memories. This poem emphasizes…

This assignment will be based on theories of thinking. The area I want to concentrate on is thought organisation and its different forms which can aid our memory. I am going to cover three ways of organising information, which are: using mental images, forming concepts and developing schemas. I will describe each of them individually,…

Compare and Contrast Meet John Doe” with “Citizen Kane” Talented director Orson Welles was born in 1915 and encountered a number of hardships during his childhood. In 1919, his parents divorced, and five years later, his mother suddenly fell ill and died. Fortunately, while living in Woodstock, Illinois, young Orson had the opportunity to attend…

The Great War and Modern History by Paul Fussell reflects his ambition that goes further than literary denigration. The book itself aimed at giving the reader a sense of awareness of what the modern warfare has significantly become and its relative impact to the soldiers. Consequently, the book was written in dedication to Technical Sergeant…