AO3 Of plasticity and functional recovery after trauma

Question 1

one strength- research from ??

Answer 1

MAGUIRE ET AL
-look the volume of grey matter in posterior hippocampus a taxi driver, found positive correlation in grey matter, strength because it demonstrates plasticity of the brain to change and adapted as a result of new learning and experience which was knowledge test, but sample size was small and only taxi drivers so cannot generalise to everyone and it was correlation as it only looks at two covariables suggesting that nothing else can impact the grey matter such as some people having better memory

Question 2

strength of functional recovery of the brain after trauma – research support from ???

Answer 2

TAJIRI ET AL
-randomly assigned right to 2 groups one receiving stem cells and control group not receiving any was found that experimental group should clear development, strength because it supports function of recovery of the brain after trauma but extrapolation is an issue because it is inappropriate to assume a rats brain works same as humans, animals can’t readily communicate and humans are qualitatively different, must be cautious applying research from animals to humans so it does support it

Question 3

strength of plasticity is it contributed to the field of neurorehabilitation

Answer 3

Spontaneous recovery occurs following illness injury which is strange because lead to practical applications in the medical field, demonstrates brains ability to fix itself however it does require further intervention such as therapy for it to be successful, We need to do things to maintain this condition as spontaneous recovery slows down over time