Brain Damage

Question 1

Brain Injury

Answer 1

Brain injury is damage that impairs or interferes with the normal functioning of the brain.

Question 2

Plasticity

Answer 2

The ability of the brain to change in response to experience.
- brain recovering after it has been damaged
- connections between the neurons are changed. the neurons around the damaged neuron find connections with the undamaged ones to from a new pathway.

Question 3

Development Plasticity

Answer 3

Structrual
Natural changes in all people’s brains as we mature older and have new experiences

Question 4

Adaptive Plasticity

Answer 4

Functional
Ability of the brain to compensate for lost function in the event of brain injury. (Brain changes if we learn something new)

Question 5

Synaptogenesis

Answer 5

Formation of synapses between neurons in the nervous system

Question 6

Rerouting

Answer 6

An undamaged neuron that has lost connection with an active neuron may seek a new active neuron to connect with

Question 7

Sprouting

Answer 7

Growth of axon and dendrite branches to enable to make new connections

Question 8

Broca’s aphasia

Answer 8

Damage to the Broca’s area - difficult to produce fluent speech

Question 9

Wernickle’s aphasia

Answer 9

Damage to Wernickle’s area - difficult to create comprehension and interpretation of speech