Monday, June 16, 2008

The Mystery Of Human Memory

Memory is an integral part of human life. This can be defined as one's potential to store, retain and consistently retrieve information. For years, experts in the field of medical science have been studying and researching to find ways to enhance memory.

A lot has gone into the study of how human memory works. Experts feel that the more you learn about your memory, the better understanding you can develop in order to improve it.

There are several things we don't forget in our lives such as our crucial school days, summer holidays, some of the tales by granny, the scent of earth when it rains, first love and a lot more. These are the memories that make our life happier.

There are also certain bad memories associated to our lives and we tend to store them in our brain for a long long time. These memories are some of the experiences that allow you to be a different person.

In modern times, experts believe that memory is complex. The memory of anything in your life or day to day activities can be referred to as a 'complex constructive power'. Everyone possesses one. These are certain impressions coming from a pattern of cells that's similar to a web. These cells are scattered throughout the brain.

Experts believe that the memory is made up of a group of several systems. Each system plays a different role when it comes to creating, storing as well as recalling memories. As soon as the brain starts processing information, all the systems mentioned above start functioning together in a perfect manner in order to provide a combined thought.

What we actually visualize as a single memory is a complex engineering. Whenever you think of an object; for instance a toy, all your brain does is to retrieve the name of the object, its' function, shape and sound each time it plays or you take it in your hands. Every section of your memory describing at a toy is, derives from a totally different area of the brain. The whole image of toy is created by the brain from several regions of the brain.

Whenever you ride a bike or drive a car, a particular set of brain cells brings out the memory of operating the vehicle from starting till the end. When there are several things involved such as remembering how to ride a bike, the nervousness as a heavy vehicle passes by etc. comes from all parts of the brain. Experts have come to a conclusion that there is no solid distinction between the way you remember and the way you think.

Of course, the experts have come to a conclusion of how a system actually works. However, it is still not clear about how one remembers or what generally happens when one recalls.

The good news is that there are several things you can do to enhance your memory. There are several exercises, programs and techniques you can follow such as playing riddles, puzzles and several other activities that challenges your brain.

Human memory is a mystery but enhancing one is not!

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Other Geckos in Comparison with the Leopard Gecko

In this article, I'll be comparing the common Leopard Gecko with the Crested Gecko from the perspective of keeping lizards as house pets. Personally, I think they are both a great choice, but I think the Leopard Gecko is a little more house-pet friendly. Before I get started, an interesting fact I found out about the Crested Gecko is that it was believed to be extinct until it was re-discovered in 1994. I thought that was interesting.

Leopard Geckos make better house pets because most of the time, the common Leopard Gecko you will find is the product of generation upon generation of captive breeding. Leopard Geckos are more adapted to the captive, terrarium environment, and as a result tend to be great lizard pets. Leopard Geckos are tolerant to being handled, they lay their feces in one general area of their tank (you can even get them used to going on a paper towel in the tank like a dog!) Also, in the event that your Leopard Gecko loses his tail, it will grow back (though, not quite as nicely as the original, unfortunately). The same cannot be said for the Crested Gecko, whose tail does NOT grow back after it loses it (however, it is less dangerous for Crested Geckos to lose their tails).

As stated in the fun fact about the Crested Gecko earlier, unlike the Leopard Gecko, Crested Geckos were just re-discovered as a living species in 1994. They are not as common as household pets, and usually don't have that adaptive lifestyle as you'll get from a Leopard Gecko because of the fact that you probably wouldn't be receiving a Crested Gecko that was the product of many generations of captive breeding.

With Leopard Geckos, breeding is very easy, and you can actually control the gender of the hatchlings depending on the temperature of their incubation. While it is not a proven fact, for now, it has been concluded that temperature does not directly affect the gender of the offspring. So breeding definitely favors Leopard Geckos, if you're into breeding, imagine the different experiments you could perform. And while Crested Geckos have different colors, phases, and slight distinctive markings, Leopard Geckos take the cake on personal flavor. Leopard Geckos come in a wide variety of colors, skin patterns, breeds, and the list goes on.

Just as a side-note, a distinctive feature on the Crested Gecko that is very different from the Leopard Gecko is the absence of eyelids. Leopard Geckos have eyelids, which is actually very rare for Gecko species, and gives them more of a 'personality' when it comes to physical appearance. Crested Geckos tend to have the snake-look, which, in my opinion, would be hard to tell the difference if all you saw was the head.

In conclusion, I believe Leopard Geckos make better household pets than the Crested Gecko, but that is not to say one is any better than the other. They are both lizards, and they are both increasingly popular as household pets. Take your pick, but my recommendation is of course, the Leopard Gecko.

J. Beebe is a reptile owner and has owned and studied them for years. He specializes in Leopard Geckos and runs an information website called:

The Leopard Gecko Resource (http://www.geckosleopard.com/)

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Adapting Snake and Other Reptile Cage Plans to Suit Your Needs

Many if the people who make their own snake or other reptile cages adapt other designs or continue to improve on the designs they have already used.

When you adapt a cage design from basic plan you can use it to make a reptile or snake cage to suit your own needs. You may have a space that is not quite suitable for the size of the original design. You may want to adapt a half built cage, a closet or an old cupboard. You may want to make a specific length, height or width. You may have limited access to materials or you may have an existing stockpile of materials that want to use.

In all cases, it is important to have a clear idea of what you want the finished product to look like and how you are going to construct it.

Detailed plans can contain a lot of important information for building reptile cages, but you should remember they are not definitive. For example many people who have used the How to Build Reptile Enclosures book site have altered the plans, in some cases quite significantly, to suit their needs and their skills.

They all acknowledge the benefits of using the book as a launching point for their cage building. They also found it helped them think more carefully about how they might construct a snake or other reptile cage to suit their needs. Then there are the other requirements for reptile cages and care eg heat mats, basking lights, UV lights, misting systems, substrates, decorations such as artificial walls, artificial trees and branches, and how these can be made and placed in the cage.

The book also gives you valuable information about construction techniques, making cages stronger and some useful hints and tips.

The original plans have been many individuals as a starting point for their cages and then adapted them to suit their needs, materials and skills.

You also find tha once you have started to make cages and adpat designs tat your building and design skills improve substantially and you continue to make and adapt your ideas.

Many people do not want to adapt the cages but want to build them exactly as described. There is enough information to allow you to do that to. Either way, a plan is an important part of the building process.

The main thing is to have some fun building something for yourself and your pet (and save a bit of money).

Mark Chapple is the Author of "How to build enclosures for reptiles". Find out how to build these cages as well as arboreal cages and other cage types. Full color pictures, detailed diagrams and 10 easy to follow, step-by-step instructions.

http://www.reptile-cage-plans.com

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All About Laboratory Microscopes

Microorganisms, as the name denotes, are tiny organisms, which cannot be viewed by the naked eye. You require a microscope to view these structures. Anton Van Leeuwenhoek, in 1674, used a simple single lens microscope to study these organisms. However, later with the invention of the compound microscope, the life of the microorganisms was better understood. There are two basic types of laboratory microscopes- light and electron microscopes.

Light or optical microscopes use light waves to produce the illumination, while electron microscopes use electrons. Light microscopes are used for general laboratory work while electron microscopes are used to study extremely small objects like viruses. Light microscopes can be of different types - bright field, dark field, phase contrast, or fluorescence. The types of electron microscopes are either transmission or scanning microscopes. Bright field microscope is the most widely used microscope in laboratory work.

The Microscope

The microscope consists of a support system, light system, lens system and a focusing system. The systems work together to produce a magnified image of the specimen under examination.

Support System

This consists of a base, arm, and a stage. The base and arm are structural parts of the microscope and holds the device in place. The stage of the device holds the slide of the specimen. The slide is positioned and clipped with two metal clips in place and moved by the fingers or fixed by a mechanical stage and is controlled by two knobs.

Light System

This system passes the light through the specimen using the light source, the condenser, and the iris diaphragm. An incandescent bulb is used as a light source in bright field microscope. The light passes through the condenser and it focuses on the specimen to be viewed. An iris diaphragm controls the intensity, brightness of the light that passes through the sample. This allows for better viewing by the technician, as he can adjust the intensity of the light as per his need for viewing contrast.

Lens System

This forms the actual image when viewed through the microscope. The compound microscope has two lenses- an objective lens near the specimen and an ocular lens at the top, which magnifies the image of the specimen. The ocular lens magnifies the image to about 10X. The typical microscope has at least three objective lenses mounted on a rotating nose piece to provide different magnifications. The low power objective lens magnifies image to 10X, middle-sized lens is high dry objective lens, which magnifies it between 40X and 45X and the longest lens is the oil immersion lens, which enlarges between 97X and 100X. You would use a high power objective lens to magnify smaller images and low power lenses to magnify large specimens.

There is limitation with the amount of magnification you can produce with a light microscope. The resolving power of the lens is the highest magnification, which can be achieved by producing an image of good resolution. The resolving power is the shortest distance between two closely adjacent points, which can be seen and is based on the nature of the lens used as well as the wavelength of the light source. The maximum resolving power with a light microscope is about 0.2 micrometers.

If you are planning to buy a laboratory microscope, there are several manufacturers now available in the market. You need to know how to spot a good one and choose the one, which will provide the highest quality of viewing.

I hope you found this article helpful! To discover powerful advice on buying microscopes, and to find out whether getting a cheap microscope is advisable, then be sure to check out:http://www.MicroscopesGuru.com/

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