1. Explain in detail what "savant syndrome" means.
A condition in which a person with substandard intelligence is gifted in a particular area.
2. What does genius mean? Explain the difference between genius and savant.
2. What does genius mean? Explain the difference between genius and savant.
A genius is a person with a strong rational supremacy. The difference between a genius and a savant is that unlike a savant, a genius does not just exceed in one area but in multiple areas. Geniuses don’t lack the ability to do essential things.
3. What is a stroke and how could it affect your mental functioning?
A stroke is a “sudden impairment of brain function”; this is due either to low blood circulation in the brain or “intracranial bleeding”. (http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/569347/stroke).
A stroke may kill some brain tissues that enable you to due everyday activities; such as movement (body gets paralyzed), or the ability to speak. Your brain will not work the same way it used to before the stroke ever again.
4. What is a functional MRI and how does it help us understand brain activity?
“FMRI is a technique used in biomedical research and diagnosis that detects changes in blood flow in the brain” (http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1128872/functional-magnetic-resonance-imaging-fMRI). It helps understand brain activities because it creates a map of the brain and because it enables scientists to see how different parts of your brain work when “new blood” is going into the brain.
“FMRI is a technique used in biomedical research and diagnosis that detects changes in blood flow in the brain” (http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1128872/functional-magnetic-resonance-imaging-fMRI). It helps understand brain activities because it creates a map of the brain and because it enables scientists to see how different parts of your brain work when “new blood” is going into the brain.
5. What is the corpus callosum and what role does it play in your brain's activity?
The corpus callosum is a group of nerves inside the brain that allow the right and left hemispheres to communicate. This facilitates the function of the nervous system due to the connection that it creates between the hemispheres.
6. What is epilepsy and how might it affect your brain's abilities?
Epilepsy is a medical condition that produces seizures affecting a variety of mental and physical functions”( http://www.epilepsyfoundation.org/about/). When someone suffers from epilepsy they have difficulties when it comes to learning.
7. What is autism?
Autism is a “developmental disorder”. It affects your speech, and your social and physical abilities(http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/44667/autism).
8. What is Asperger's Syndrome?
“Asperger syndrome is a neurobiological disorder that is part of a group of conditions called autism spectrum disorders” (http://kidshealth.org/parent/medical/brain/asperger.html).
IMAGES:
http://www.tubecad.com/2006/10/blog0082.htmhttp://historicmysteries.com/savants
http://www.mult-sclerosis.org/corpuscallosum.html
http://autismoptimism.blogspot.com/2008/04/autism-signs.html
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