Identify 3 brain parts of Jill Bolte Taylor’s brain that were damaged by her stroke and discuss how the damage impacted her behavior. Do you think her ability to recover is a result of nature, nurture, or both?
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- Jill Bolte Taylor, a neuroanatomist, experienced a stroke in her left hemisphere, which primarily affected three key areas: 1. Left hemisphere's language center: This part of the brain is crucial for language comprehension and expression. 2. Left Show more…
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Discussion Questions: Write at least 1 paragraph/100 words for each question. 1. Identify 3 brain parts of Jill Bolte Taylor's brain that were damaged by her stroke and discuss how the damage impacted her behavior. 2. Do you think her ability to recover is a result of nature, nurture, or both? Support your answer with text and power point information. 3. In the video A Map of the Brain, Alan Jones states that even though we are all individuals, at the brain level we are all quite similar. How does Jill Bolte Taylor's experience match up with this statement? 4. What do you think Jill Bolte Taylor's experience teaches us about how our brains are organized and how we view the world?
Alexander B.
Text: Case 3—Jessie Jessie has, until recently, been a healthy, active woman. On her 50th birthday, she collided with the left side of her garage as she drove in, an accident which both she and her husband attributed to her focusing too much on the party to come. At that party, Jessie blew out only those candles on the right side of her cake, and left those on the left side still burning. However, she seemed totally unaware of this and, when her husband pointed it out, said "Oh they're just too pretty to blow out." Two days later, her husband found her on the bathroom floor; she was groggy, unaware of her surroundings, and incontinent. Neurologists found that Jessie had distinct sensory loss in her left arm, and a left-sided homonymous hemianopia. CT scans revealed a tumor, which was later debulked and further reduced with radiation therapy. As part of her rehabilitation, neuropsychologists conducted extensive testing. Here are some of the results: Test Administration Jessie's Performance Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised (WAIS-R) The WAIS is a series of subtests intended to assess verbal abilities (such as Information, Comprehension, Arithmetic, etc.) and non-verbal abilities (such as Picture Completion, Picture Arrangement). Superior on verbal portions, but below average on many of the non-verbal (especially the Performance scales); she was unable to completely copy the pictures in some of the tests (only the right half of them). National Adult Reading Test (NART) The NART assesses current reading ability; the patient is given a list of 50 short irregular words of increasing difficulty to read aloud. These words do not follow the regular rules of word pronunciation. Within the "superior" range. When asked to copy other pictures, Jessie only ever reproduced the right sides of them. This also happened when she was asked to draw something from memory. And, when asked to draw a picture of her living room, she included all of the furniture (however it was all crowded to the right side of the room). Along with these and other standardized tests, she was also given a book to read. Jessie read fluently, but missed two or three words from the left end of each line. Her "people skills" also suffered somewhat. When people stood on her left side, she either totally ignored them or swore at them (when they came around to her right side, she greeted them in a friendly manner). She experienced other odd difficulties, though these did not seem to be related to any significant motor problems, including the fact that she did not use her left arm. She often referred to it as "that hunk of meat" when somebody asked her about it. Anecdotally, she often tried to dress herself while hopping on her right leg. Questions 1. What condition or conditions (there may be more than one possibility) are being described in this case? 2. What brain area or area(s) may be involved? Be sure to consider which visual stream is involved. Is there a specific hemisphere that is affected? How do you know? 3. How should these brain areas function normally? What could be causing this dysfunction? 4. What do the assessments and their results tell you about this person's abilities and condition?
Supreeta N.
Margaret Bryans, a 39 year old woman, lost control while skiing and hit her head on a tree. She regained consciousness in route to the hospital and appeared agitated and combative. Paramedics observed that she had a right hemiparesis (muscle weakness). A CT scan showed she had an acute subdural hematoma and an extensive subarachnoid hemorrhage. Doctors performed surgery to remove large clots from the subarachnoid space. Two weeks after surgery she shows significant improvement in her speech and motor function. 1. Which brain region do you think Margaret injured? What evidence helped you determine this? 2. Which side of the brain was involved in Margaret's injury? 3. What are the three membranes that make up the meninges? Describe their positions relative to the brain
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