Lilyanna Rodriguez p.3 Pruning takes part in the development of the teenage brain as important connections. The brain decides by how frequently what connections are being used often and will tell whether or not which ones will stay. The branches that may be confused throughout the development into an adult would be the changes in the frontal cortex. “Unexpected growth spurt an overproduction of cells just before puberty,” which is determined on the behavior accordingly, this is still being developed during the years of becoming an adult. In the documentary, a lady named Ellen Galinsky, who is a social scientist states that “ relationships, connections, people in children’s lives who make the biggest difference.” This takes a role in the way
Damien Echols is found guilty and sentenced to death for the crime of killing three eight-year old boys; for eighteen years he spends his life on Death Row before he is released. Before being placed on Death Row at Varner Super Max Security Unit in Grady, Arkansas and Tucker Max Security Unit, Echols also spent time in Crittenden County Jail for misdemeanor charges he received as minor. While on Death Row Damien explains that it was the guards that he had to watch out for and not the other prisoners. The visits from spiritual advisors as well as the media caused Echols to receive hatred from the guards. They destroyed everything in is cell, planted a knife in his bunk, sent to solitary confinement for no reason, beat up by a team of five guards,
As every child grows up in a different environment, not all have a safe one to grow up in and as a result everything that surrounds them becomes apart of the clarity that their mind incorporates and becomes apart of that child 's behavior of way. In terms of brain development children or teens often listen, and see what is around them, it is also said, by researchers of the National Institute of Health, that in recent studies that were made that in teen years massive loss of brain tissue...
"Mrs. Robinson, you are trying to seduce me," says Benjamin Braddock (Dustin Hoffman). The Graduate, directed by Mike Nichols in 1967 is an influential satire/comedy film about a recent East Coast college graduated who finds himself alienated and aimless in the changing, social and sexual general public of the 1960s, and questioning the values of society. The theme of the film is of an innocent and confused youth who is exploited, mis-directed, seduced (literally and figuratively) and betrayed by a corrupt, self-indulgent, and discredited older generation (that finds stability in “plastics”) that I found to be quite clear and understanding, while also capturing the real spirit of the times and allows America's youth to perceive onscreen an image of themselves which they can both identify with and emulate. The Graduate is a significant film even today due to its use of abstract camera angles, telephoto lenses, excellent cinematography, and great acting. Few visual effects were used, however, matting and numerous point of view shots were used. These characteristics and the fabulous use of mis-en-scene, great writing and the era of the film all made The Graduate what it is today, magnificent.
For this assessment, I have chosen the movie Real Women Have Curves. The movie follows a traditional Mexican family and their struggle to survive in America. The film focuses, on the youngest American-born daughter Ana. Ana lives in a Hispanic community in East Los Angeles the daughter of Latino working immigrants from Mexico. Her family unit consists of her parents, two brothers, older sister and her grandfather. The movie shows the conflict Ana faces between the clashes of the two cultures. The film shows that Ana goes to great lengths to attend school every day. Ana has had a successful school career, as her peers are getting ready to attend college. She’s expected to get a job to financially help her struggling family. She
Directed by Spike Jonze, Her stars Joaquin Pheonix Theodore, Scarlett Johansson as Samantha, and Amy Adams as Amy. The film follows Theodore and the operating system called Samantha that he eventually falls in love with. Jonze, since the beginning of his career, has focused on bringing an art house style to the masses. Even with his first feature film, Being John Malkovich (1999), Jonze focused on incorporating his specific blend of art house and popular film techniques into a major film.
The Lady From Shanghai is a timeless film that captures how a black and white film can be interesting for viewers. The overall film was effective with the help of the mise en scene, cinematography and editing. Each of the three parts put together brought out the complexity and intensity of this film and they made The Lady From Shanghai the classic film that it is today.
Synaptic pruning signifies the requisite process of the developing brain in which unnecessary neural interfaces within the brain are removed; it has been supported to improve energy conservation and monitor efficiency concerning the mind. Unsurprisingly, synaptic pruning tends to continue long after the brain has matured, and typically goes hand-in-hand with a process known as myelination: When remaining neurons are coated in a fatty-layer called myelin that accelerates synaptic charges and protects neural connections. "The classic 'use it or lose it' principle applies to adolescence—those circuits that are actively engaged may remain, those underutilized may be subject to systematic destruction." Based on the previous quote, the underlying
Brain Development in early childhood is dependent on many factors. As the brain develops, cognitive, social and language acquisition activities build up. During cognition development language will naturally emerge. There are many factors that give to the outcome of brain development. As stated in The Development of Children, 2013 early brain development increases at a rapid rate. The brain does slow down its growth after infancy until there is another spurt around adolescence. The brain reaches about eighty percent of its mature weight at the onset of early childhood. At about five years of age, the brain is closer to ninety percent of its mature weight. Many significant changes occur during this slower time of early brain stages. “As seen within the brain the growth allows for myelination to continue. Myelination is when the brain that increases the spread of neural impulses to various areas of the head. During early childhood myelination occurs in the frontal cortex section of the brain. This fosters more cognitive protocol for the child” (Lightfoot, Cole 2013).
Dear Zachary is a heart-wrenching documentary made by filmmaker Kurt Kuenne. Originally intended as a tribute for the deceased Andrew Bagby’s unborn son, Zachary, the purpose changes drastically when Shirley Turner, Andrew’s ex-girlfriend and killer (and Zachary’s mother), kills Zachary in a tragic murder-suicide. Believing that Shirley Turner should never have had custody of Zachary and that poorly made bail laws led to Zachary’s death, Kuenne alters his documentary to have a more argumentative message. Kurt Kuenne’s argument in his documentary Dear Zachary is that bail laws for those charged with a serious crime need to be reformed in order to protect people – especially any children – who may fall under the custody of the accused criminal.
The critical period hypothesis is based on neuroplasticity, the idea that intact parts of the brain can take over the functions of a damaged part (Harley, 2010). This plasticity, however, is primarily abundant before lateralization, a period of time in which specialization of functions occur in both hemispheres of the cerebral cortex (Berk, 2012). While the brain is still developing, during early childhood, many areas of the cerebral cortex are not yet committed to one function. This allows these areas to be more receptive of creating different neural pathways and acquiring new skills. However, as a child gets older, his or her brain becomes lateralized and neural plasticity decreases, making skills such as communication harder to acquire.
It has been found that juvenile brains are not yet fully developed. The parts of the brain specifically still changing during the teen years include the brain circuitry involved in emotional responses and impulsive responses. Teen emotional reactions are intense and urgent (National Institute
1. Take Cinderella, add one part Gothic, one part Freud, and a dash of Scooby Doo – and the result will be Rebecca. Rebecca was made in 1940. It was directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and was his first American project. The film is shot in black and white, and is a gothic tale. We never see Maxim de Winter's first wife, Rebecca, who died before the story starts, but her reputation, and recollections about her, are a constant presence to Maxim, his new young second wife, and the housekeeper Danvers. Rebecca is an altogether brilliant film, haunting, suspenseful, handsome and handsomely played. Miss du Maurier's tale of the second mistress of Manderley, a simple and modest and self-effacing girl who seemed to have no chance against every one's—even
...culture and society in which the child is raised. This would mean that after pruning, an adult in one society no longer has the same neuronal connections as an adult in a different society - those connections have been trimmed out. Is this an underlying cause of culture shock and/or genocide? Is the developing mind more open to change and new connections then the “narrow,” developed mind? Until the scientific community has a greater understanding of synaptic pruning, these questions will remain unanswered.
The next clip focuses on the teenager’s life, relying on the frontal lobe, and illustrates topics and events. The adult brain reacts to pressure- during life experiences and really focuses on depression and post-traumatic stress disorder
The brain is the organ that changes most throughout our lives and, as it develops, our way of thinking, acting and relating evolves, perhaps being the adolescent stage in which it is most evident. Moody, rebellious, without fear of taking risks, teenagers are the headache of adults, with a body and brain that is still maturing. Today, we want