Biopsychology 2

Question 1

negative plasticity (ao3)

Answer 1

could cause behavioural consequences

• brains adaptation to prolonged drug use leads to poorer cognitive functioning and increased risk of dementia
• 60/80% amputees develop phantom limb syndrome - experiencing pain and discomfort in missing limb

Question 2

plasticity could be life long (ao3)

Answer 2

generally plasticity reduces in age

bezzola et al (2012) showed how 40 hours of golf changed neural representation of movement in pp 40-60
-using fmri found they had increased motor cortex activity compared to control group