lunes, 28 de febrero de 2011

MENTAL ABILITIES

1. Explain in detail what "savant syndrome" means.
Savant syndrome is a rare condition which very few people who have very different and rare mental abilieties that make them special but at the same time there mental abilities cut down there other abilities is like one things takes more than the other.


2. What does genius mean?  Explain the difference between genius and savant.
genius is a person with extraordinary intelligence, geniuses and savants are very different because geniuses are good at all the skills that a person have a savant is a very skillful person but in certain areas.


3. What is a stroke and how could it affect your mental functioning?
A stroke is a brain attact it could afffect the mental function because the sudden and harsh movement in the braik may cause a discapacity of some function.


4. What is a functional MRI and how does it help us understand brain activity?
A functional MRI is a machine that helps to explain and determine where the mental activity occur in the brain and helps to read the activity.


5. What is the corpus callosum and what role does it play in your brain's activity?
Corpus callosum is a bundle or nerve fibers found in the mammalian brain. Its role in the brain is to connect all the memories and experiences we have lived.


6. What is epilepsy and how might it affect your brain's abilities?
Epilepsy is a deases that produces convultions and seizures which harm mental or physical functions.

7. What is autism?
Experts believe that Autism presents itself during the first three years of a person's life. The condition is the result of a neurological disorder that has an effect on normal brain function, affecting development of the person's communication and social interaction skills.


8. What is Asperger's Syndrome?
Asperger's Disorder is a milder variant of Autistic Disorder.   Both Asperger's Disorder and Autistic Disorder are in fact subgroups of a larger diagnostic category.

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