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Neurobiology and Behavior Web Papers II

Students in Biology 202 at Bryn Mawr College write web papers on topics of interest to themselves. These are made available via links from the index below to encourage further exploration by others having similar or related interests. All papers have associated on-line forums for continuing conversation.

Adam ZakheimNano-Neurobiology and Axon Regeneration
Anna Dela CruzGender Self-Identity Among Males: A Case for Biology
aybala50Trying to Solve Depression in Children
bbaum“What do you mean, I can’t walk!” Two Theories on Anosognosia for Hemiplegia
BeccaB-C Facial Expression Recognition: When the amygdala intercepts the I-function
Bo-Rin KimExploring the “Links” in the Brain that Give Rise to Synaesthesia
bpyensonProust and Long-Term Memory
Brie StarkThe Concept of Disability, or, 'perceiving our differences'
ccSociety's perceptions and the over-diagnosis of Depression
Crystal LeonardThe Neurobiological Underpinnings of Anorexia Nervosa
ddlSensing Time
drichardNeuroesthetics: An Exploration of Aesthetic Appraisal in the Human Brain
eglaserDragons in our Genes: An Examination of the Collective Unconscious
fquadriHypnagogia: Who Needs LSD When You Can Just Sleep?
hamsterjackyThe Nerve Damage of Diabetes Mellitus
hlee01Someday My Prince Will Come: The Science of Love
hopeZapping the Brain
iljaAn ode to Randomness
jlustickPheromones and Female Leadership
jrlewisEducation as Changes in the Brain
jwiltseeSleep Paralysis: Reality and Terrible Fantasy Become One
kdillard The Perception of Pain
kenglanderWhen Honesty Isn't the Best Policy
Leah BonnellBoys Will Be Girls: Understanding Childhood Gender Nonconformity
Lisa B.Are Extreme Eating Disorders Caused By Pathobiology Of The Dopamine Reward Circuit?
mmgSavant Syndrome: Assessing the Thin Line
nafisamThe Role of Inhibitory Signals in Antisocial Behavior
OrganizedKhaosSex Related Pain Perception...
Percival52Moral Emotions v. Rationality
redminkThe Language Has its Ups and Downs
Sam BeeboutBlurring the Definition of Self, Agency, and Identity
SandraGandarezConscious Thoughts on the Subconscious
Sarah TabiThe Subjective Narcissistic Personality Disorder
shikhaAttachment
vcruzWhat controls hair growth?

 

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Someday My Prince Will Come: The Science of Love

Like most typical girls, I grew up watching Disney movies, which consisted primarily of princesses finding their true loves and living happily ever after. I watched these movies and played “house” while thinking to myself that one day I would find my own prince charming, and live happily ever after just like the princesses I grew up admiring. In addition to the Disney movies that initiated my thoughts of finding true love, learning about the concept of “soul mates” added to my belief that I was destined to be with someone. Plato presents a theory of soul mates in his philosophical dialogue, Symposium. He describes humans as originally having four arms and

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Sex Related Pain Perception...

Do Men and Women Feel Pain Differently?


Notes Towards (the first 1/2 of) Day 25: What We Have Learned....

On The Evolution of Stories;
What we've learned,
and where we might go next....



Looking, first, backwards:

This is the fourth instantiation of this course.
In earlier versions,
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Education as Changes in the Brain

“Written on the [brain] is a secret code only visible in certain lights: the accumulations of a lifetime gather there. In places the palimpsest is so heavily worked that the letters feel like Braille.” (1)

In this paper, I would like to explore the origin of the writing on the human brain from a neurobiological perspective.  Neurobiology can provide us with information about the material nature of the brain.  After developing an understanding of the brain, I would like to consider the implications for learning and teaching. 

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Proust and Long-Term Memory


Jonah Lehrer, in Proust was a Neuroscientist, suggests that Marcel Proust, in his
writing, predicted the, “instability and inaccuracy of [long-term] memory…” [1]. Before
the dawn of the 21st century, neuroscience suggested that memory, valuable pieces of
information, were archived in a structure in the brain, such as the lateral and basal nuclei
of the amygdala.  In 2000, research on rats with fear conditioning and a protein inhibitor
showed that the act of remembrance (reactivation) in fact changed the molecular
underpinnings of the memory by making the memory ‘labile’ once again [2].  Therefore,
new protein synthesis at the synapse was needed to ‘reconsolidate’ the information to

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Zapping the Brain

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The Perception of Pain

 

                                                            The Perception of Pain

            I have never met anyone who has not experienced pain, either physical or emotional.  However, while pain is indeed universal, it is also highly individualized.  While this individualized perception of physical pain makes some sense, it is harder to grasp the relationship between the emotional pain that a person experiences and the physical symptoms that the body produces in response to that emotional pain. This relationship is further complicated by the fact that these physical responses to emotional pain are highly individualized.  Looking at the perception and interpretation of pain, both physical and emotional, helps to understand the degree to which each nervous system is unique as well as the interconnectedness between the body and the mind.      

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Hypnagogia: Who Needs LSD When You Can Just Sleep?

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