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The pineal body (corpus pineale), or the pineal gland, is a small, pinecone-shaped endocrine gland located at the posterior portion of the third ventricle of the brain. The pineal gland, which was known to physicians in Antiquity, has been a mystifying subject to scientists. Ren' Descartes, who, while maintaining that the soul and the body, including the brain, are two essentially different substances, identified the pineal body as the point of contact which enables the immaterial soul to affect the material body. At one time, the pineal gland was thought to be a vestigial third eye, due to the fact that in some lower animals, such as ...
is a science and a study of behavior and mental processes. Some parts of that we use in everyday life and in extra curricular activities are perception, learning, memory, thinking, and language. There are many extra curricular activities that uses these concepts but for now I will focus on the sport of soccer. I have played soccer since I was f...
Problem: The researcher is trying to determine whether or not cleaning materials will clean as well if they have been frozen solid and subsequently thawed out until they have returned to a liquid state of matter. The researcher will use Dial Antibacterial Kitchen Cleaner, Clorox Bleach, and Parson's Ammonia, applied to simple bacon grease, to dete...
Coral reefs are one of the oldest types of living systems on earth, and certainly one of the most spectacular. They are massive underwater structures formed by the limestone skeletons of tiny invertebrate animals. Reefs house a greater diversity of body forms, chemistry, and animal phyla (thirty-two compared to the eight that inhabit the most biodi...
I feel like that the only way to truly fathom just how vast the universe is, or to successfully describe the insane enormity of it, is to illustrate just how small and insignificant humanity is. After all, everything we ever do, say, or experience is merely measured against the yardstick of human endeavor. In this universe, there are supposedly 100...
The problem of bipolar affective disorder has been a mystery since the 16th century. It has shown that this affliction can appear in almost anyone. Even the great painter Vincent Van Gogh is believed to have had bipolar disorder. It is clear that in our society many people live with bipolar disorder; despite the number of people suffering from it...
