Neuropsychology

The essay discusses the developmental process in which executive functioning is acquired in children, and the consequences of potential injury to the frontal lobes during this critical developmental period. In addition, it will attempt to compartmentalize how the development of executive functioning skills during child-development such as working memory, mental flexibility and self-control, or the lack thereof, using the theory of neuroplasticity. I received 80% for this essay, however I lost...

The following essay aims to discuss the social and health consequences caused by excessive cannabis-use, lending focus to its effects on brain-development. The essay will also confront the areas in which cannabis-use, if regulated, can be a necessity for medical treatment for neurological disorders people live with today.

Summary of Location, functioning and impairment Discussion of case studies and measurment

Chapter 13 Summary - Occipital Lobes Summary of their location, functioning and impairment implications. Discussion of case studies List of measurement tools associated with occipital lobe functioning

Chapter 26: Frontal lobes Summary of Location, function and impairment of frontal lobes. Plus 2 Case study discussions (from Sacks and Ogden) List of measurements used to assess frontal lobe functioning

Summaries

Essay discussing the Temporal lobe basic anatomy, location, function and consequences of temporal lobe damage