Effects of drugs on neurons sent and brain Article Analysis

Document Type:Article

Subject Area:Psychology

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B. , & Author, C. C. (Year). Title of article. It is clear that repeated administration of drugs will trigger neoplastic changes. What is the population being studied? (e. g. , adolescent females, college undergraduates, elderly adults with dementia) The targeted population is the elderly adults with dementia. Who are the subjects in the study? (e. How was each dependent variable measured? Continued drug abuse leads to impairment of the brain where it highly interferes with its functioning where it gets difficult to exert self-control in regulation to drug use thus rendering the brain more sensitive to triggering stress and bad moods. What are the independent or predictor variable(s)? Predictor variable is a variable that can be changed or controlled during a scientific experiment in the requirement of testing the effects on the dependent variable.

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Drugs like cocaine and cannabis are a good example provided in the article. Drug use can be controlled by the recipient to minimize or even avoid addiction. When the brain gets addicted to a certain drug it gets to a point where it is less active or does not function properly until one uses the drug. Discuss the results for each hypothesis. According to the analyst on the article the usage of drugs brings across the addiction as the main result where the victim is driven to the life of drugs and functionality changes automatically where it only functions when the drug are activated in the body to trigger the normal functioning. Again the analyst brings about the effect on the genetically makeup of the holistic person since the prolonged use affects the young generation from the victim where the young born sometimes is born impaired or mentally retarded 14.

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