Dylan Nguyen's Blog

BIO HERO- Sleepless Demon  June 5th Occipital Lobe (June)-   One of the four major lobes of the cerebral cortex, which controls thinking, perceiving, producing, understanding language and is the main hub for information processing. The occipital "focuses" on visual procession and perception; a damaged lobe would cause severe vision loss to blindness, hallucinations, a color blindness. Acetylcholine (5th)- A neurotransmitter which occurs throughout the nervous system. As a chemical that's released by a nerve cell or neuron, it causes muscles to contract, affects pain tolerance and the sleep cycle. As a neurotransmitter, its purpose is to amplify or inhibit signals from neurons. Origin: Born in Saigon, Southern Vietnam on 1955, Hiro Lakes experienced terrible trauma in his early years. As an upcoming commander of the Southern Vietnam forces he experienced terrible events by the Viet Cong and misdeeds by his American allies. His brother was subjected to the Chinese...

2ND POST - Memory and Reasoning  Assignment- Complete 3 tests involving memory or reasoning  Tests Completed were:  Memory Test using numbers Problem Solving Skills "How good is your problem solving" Situational Judement Test (apart of the multitude of tests on the last post)  Summary-  The memory test using numbers was relatively simple. Figure out how long you can remember numbers in 10 seconds. The test difficulty increases each round when the system adds 1 extra number. The test seems to be fairly accurate as it does test short term memory. However, this test is only comprised of numbers; other individuals may do better remembering words or letters, which is why the site also has a short-term memory test involving those variables.  Problem solving skills test/survey-  The results were fairly accurate. Comprised of a series of questions that related to.. well problem solving, the survey has explained that I have a "hit or miss...