Critical Thinking and Strategy for Hospital Information Construction: what can we learn from Human Nervous System?

‘The Opium-Eater Boasteth Himself to be a Philosopher’: Bodily Subjection and Intellectual Self-fashioning in De Quincey's 1821 ‘Confessions’

Romanticism ◽

10.3366/rom.2021.0518 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 27 (3) ◽

pp. 237-249

Author(s):

Daniel S. Roberts

Keyword(s):

Nervous System ◽

Critical Thinking ◽

Intellectual Development ◽

Medical Discourse ◽

Self Presentation ◽

Embodied Mind ◽

Human Nervous System ◽

Physiological Theory

De Quincey's assertion in the 1821 ‘Confessions’ that the effects of opium were ‘always, and in the highest degree, to excite and stimulate the system’, establishes him in contemporary medical discourse as a follower of Brunonianism. Yet, against this indubitably pharmacological and bodily strain, the ‘Confessions’ also insists upon an intellectual aspect to the opium-eater's dreaming, his ability to dream imaginatively. This essay seeks to relate these discursive tensions in De Quincey, rooted in Enlightenment ideas of the human nervous system held in equilibrium, to his self-presentation as an addict and a philosopher in his autobiographical writings, and to his critical thinking. As I argue, the physiological theory of Brunonianism in the ‘Confessions’ is complemented by an equal emphasis on moral and intellectual development embedded in the ideas of Hartleian psychology which provide a balancing view of body and (embodied) mind in De Quincey's thinking.

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Using truncated lectures, conceptual exercises, and manipulatives to improve learning in the neuroanatomy classroom

AJP Advances in Physiology Education ◽

10.1152/advan.00103.2007 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 32 (2) ◽

pp. 152-156 ◽

Cited By ~ 19

Author(s):

Johanna Krontiris-Litowitz

Keyword(s):

Nervous System ◽

Critical Thinking ◽

Student Learning ◽

Bulletin Board ◽

Functional Neuroanatomy ◽

Traditional Lecture ◽

Human Nervous System

Functional Neuroanatomy is a course designed to help students learn the function and anatomy of the human nervous system. Historically, students have had difficulty with the spinal tract curricular unit and frequently resorted to memorization to “learn” the material. They performed poorly on exams and failed to demonstrate competence in the functional application of their knowledge. In an effort to improve learning and promote critical thinking in this course, the instructor revised the curriculum to include 1) shorter, less detailed lectures; 2) a set of practice problems that presented the spinal tracts in an applied context; and 3) a manipulative, which was composed of a magnetic bulletin board and a kit of magnets representing structures of the nervous system. Student learning, as assessed by summative exams, improved under the revised curriculum. Scores on knowledge, analytical, and synthesis questions were significantly higher than scores from previous classes using the traditional lecture curriculum ( P < 0.05). This curricular protocol could potentially be applied to other topics where students resort to memorization and fail to comprehend concepts and processes.

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Diseases and Malignant Neoplasms of Central Human Nervous System in Cyprus and the Effect of Predisposing Factors of Tobacco and Air Pollution

The International Annals of Medicine ◽

10.24087/iam.2018.2.7.549 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 2 (7) ◽

Author(s):

Andrew Rethemiotakis ◽

Irene Rethemiotaki

Keyword(s):

Air Pollution ◽

Nervous System ◽

Predisposing Factors ◽

Malignant Neoplasms ◽

Human Nervous System

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Aconitine Neurotoxicity According to Administration Methods

Journal of Clinical Medicine ◽

10.3390/jcm10102149 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (10) ◽

pp. 2149

Author(s):

Ji Yeon Chung ◽

Seung Jae Lee ◽

Hyuck Jin Lee ◽

Jeong Bin Bong ◽

Chan-Hyuk Lee ◽

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Keyword(s):

Nervous System ◽

Pain Control ◽

Associated Factors ◽

Clinical Characteristics ◽

Processing Method ◽

Neurological Symptoms ◽

Administration Method ◽

Accompanying Symptoms ◽

Administration Methods ◽

Human Nervous System

We evaluated the toxic effects of aconitine on the human nervous system and its associated factors, and the general clinical characteristics of patients who visited the emergency room due to aconitine intoxication between 2008 and 2017. We also analyzed the differences related to aconitine processing and administration methods (oral pill, boiled in water, and alcohol-soaked), and the clinical characteristics of consciousness deterioration and neurological symptoms. Of the 41 patients who visited the hospital due to aconitine intoxication, 23 (56.1%) were female, and most were older. Aconitine was mainly used for pain control (28 patients, 68.3%) and taken as oral pills (19 patients, 46%). The patients showed a single symptom or a combination of symptoms; neurological symptoms were the most common (21 patients). All patients who took aconitine after processing with alcohol showed neurological symptoms and a higher prevalence of consciousness deterioration. Neurological symptoms occurred most frequently in patients with aconitine intoxication. Although aconitine intoxication presents with various symptoms, its prognosis may vary with the processing method and prevalence of consciousness deterioration during the early stages. Therefore, the administration method and accompanying symptoms should be comprehensively investigated in patients who have taken aconitine to facilitate prompt and effective treatment and better prognoses.

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An X-ray diffraction comparison of myelins from the human nervous system

The Journal of Comparative Neurology ◽

10.1002/cne.901770102 ◽

1978 ◽

Vol 177 (1) ◽

pp. 1-9 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

Ronald J. Chandross ◽

Richard S. Bear ◽

Royce L. Montgomery

Keyword(s):

Nervous System ◽

X Ray Diffraction ◽

X Ray ◽

Human Nervous System

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Trial-by-Trial Adaptation of Movements during Mental Practice under Force Field

Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine ◽

10.1155/2013/109497 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 2013 ◽

pp. 1-11 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Muhammad Nabeel Anwar ◽

Salman Hameed Khan

Keyword(s):

Nervous System ◽

Force Field ◽

Motor Imagery ◽

Internal Model ◽

Human Movement ◽

Mental Practice ◽

Higher Learning ◽

Reaching Movements ◽

Adaptive Compensation ◽

Human Nervous System

Human nervous system tries to minimize the effect of any external perturbing force by bringing modifications in the internal model. These modifications affect the subsequent motor commands generated by the nervous system. Adaptive compensation along with the appropriate modifications of internal model helps in reducing human movement errors. In the current study, we studied how motor imagery influences trial-to-trial learning in a robot-based adaptation task. Two groups of subjects performed reaching movements with or without motor imagery in a velocity-dependent force field. The results show that reaching movements performed with motor imagery have relatively a more focused generalization pattern and a higher learning rate in training direction.

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