Plasticity is the idea that our brain is able to change and _____ both physically and _____________, as a result of ___________ and new learning - correct answer adapt, functionally, experience
at what point in our lives does the brain experience rapid growth...
A-Level Psychology: Biopsychology
(Plasticity and Functional Recovery)
Plasticity is the idea that our brain is able to change and _____ both physically and _____________, as a
result of ___________ and new learning - correct answer adapt, functionally,
experience
at what point in our lives does the brain experience rapid growth in synaptic connections? - correct
answer infancy
the more you use a particular part of your brain, the synapses become physically stronger whilst those
that do not get used become weaker. what is this called? - correct answer synaptic
re-weighting
when does the brain create new synapses? - correct answer whenever you learn a
new skill (neurons travel towards each other, making new synapses for information to be passed)
What is synaptic pruning? - correct answer deleting unused synaptic connections
(for a more efficient synaptic system)
Maguire et all (2000) studied the brains of London cabbies using an ____. They found significantly more
____-_______ in the prosterior hippocampus than in the matched control group. - correct answer
MRI, grey-matter
Maguire et al (2000) found a __________ correlation between the length of time the ppts had been cab
drivers and how pronounced the __________ difference of the brain was - correct answer
positive, structural
Kuhn et al (2014) compared a ______ group with a group who had been trained in video games half an
hour each day for __ months. They found a signifcant increase in the grey-matter of the experimental
group in areas of the brain associated with __________ and _______ demands. - correct answer
cognitive, motor
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