My group did a project on emotion and motivation and how it affects the brain. this was a new experience finding out how emotions are actually processed in the brain and where it is located.  Learning this information showed me about having homeostasis in the brain and how it can easily be disturbed.  there are so many different systems involved in the use of emotion and motivation that I didn't know where connected. The information about  the neurotransmitters was entertaing to say the least. that was the information that we found a lot on and it was a lot to take in. the neurotransmitters are connected with the hormones and how it travels around the body. there is so much more but you can find that out in our presentation ! 

My group did a project on schizophrenia and how it affects the brain. I did not know much about schizophrenia besides the fact that it's an illness. However, after this project I learned more about it like what happens in the brain of someone with schizophrenia and the medication that people with schizophrenia take - also that the medicine comes with some drawbacks. I learned a lot about which neurotransmitters are affected by schizophrenia and which parts of the brain is lost with someone with schizophrenia. I learned about how people with schizophrenia cope and what they have to deal with. I learned how/why people with schizophrenia are sensitive to touch and "over-exaggerate" pain - or feel nothing. It was a good project, even though it was hard to understand at times.

In this project, I was able to learn more about the brain and how it is affected during a Coma. There were so many aspects to the problem of the brain suffering a coma. I've found this project to be highly similar to the previous project when I was working on the sports physiology which was overall interesting. The most common form or way a person can get injured to the point of going into a coma is a head on collision. This relates back to the American Football project because helmet collisions are also strongly correlated to traumatic brain injuries. One of the most important things that I have learned from researching the Coma is that the brain is not technically "dead" when suffering it. Instead, the brain is going through a phase of minimal activity, or minimal consciousness. This is when the brain slows down and uses this in order to rest from the injury. This results the coma, and in addition, the person suffering the coma would not be able to respond to any stimuli or pain. This is important because Coma patients would not be able to gather resources in order to survive and need help manually in order to live. Another interesting fact is that there is imbalanced hormonal control present when the patient is suffering a coma, and that there are specific medications which patients take in order to reduce swelling of the brain. Overall, I found this project to be extremely interesting, I was able to learn new terms of the brain and how medications are able to help it by reducing swelling. I also found it interesting how there are organizations that are dedicated to finding cures for the Coma. 

My group decided to do a project on the effect of playing soccer. We wanted to see what injuries were common, how they could be prevented, and how a person needs to train to become a good soccer player.

My group explained everything about Ice hockey. Our main focus was to explain how the body can with withhold all of the physical contact and how we can prevent some of the injuries from occurring. 

Our mini-project topic was cheerleading and how to prevent and treat injuries. We also talk about how tissues are affected by the extensive movements of cheerleading.