Brain development Flashcards
1
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Skill training
A
Can enlarge the part of the cortex that received input from the stimulated location
2
Q
Hippocampus orientation
A
Taxi drivers show enlarged hippocampus because their spacial orientation is trained
3
Q
Long term potentiation (LTP)
A
Synapses grow stronger when postsynaptic neuron fires immediately after the presynaptic
4
Q
Use of LTP
A
necessary to learn, when preventer is injected, learning becomes impossible
5
Q
EQ
A
Size of brain compared to body
