neuroplasticty Flashcards
what is neuroplasticity
The brain’s ability to change its neural structures to adapt to change. Neural pruning and dendritic branching.
what was the aim of draganski
to see if learning a new skill would have an effect on the brain
who were the participants for draganski’s study
21 females and 3 males
what was the procedure of draganski’s study
jugglers learnt a routine and practiced it then had a second scan, then they stopped juggling for 3 months and had a third scan
what were the findings of draganski’s study
VMB showed that the density of the brain increased between the first and second scan but decreased between the second and third scan.
what was the aim of maguires study
to see if the brains of taxi drivers were different to the brains of non taxi drivers
who were the participants in maguires study
16 right handed male taxi drivers
what was the MRI measured with
VBM and pixel counting
what did VMB show
volume of the hippocampus correlated with the amount of years spent as a taxi driver
what did pixel counting show
posterior hippocampus bigger in taxi drivers and anterior hippocampus smaller
