plasticity

Question 1

what is brain plasticity

Answer 1

brains ability to change and adapt because of experiences. research has demonstrated that the brain continues to create new neural pathways and alter existing ones in response to changing experiences

Question 2

developmental plasticity

Answer 2

as we age neurons that do not receive or transmit info die off in a process called apoptis. takes place in chilhood as the brain adapts to enviroment
strengthens pathways

Question 3

research support maguire et al 2000

Answer 3

london taxi drivers.
hypocampus was larger due to spatial awarness and route knowledge
-positive correlation between increase in size and numbers of years as taxi driver
-brain adapts to enviroment

Question 4

research to support Kuhn et al 2014

Answer 4

video games
30 mins a day of training
leg to new synaptic connections in structures associated with spatial navigation and strategic planning

Question 5

plasticity in form of functional recovery of the brain after trauma

Answer 5

the transfer of functions from a damaged area of the brain after trauma to other undamaged areas

Question 6

research to support functional recovery hubel and weisel 1963

Answer 6

sewed cats one eye
their vision adapted so they could see 3d vision
occiptal lobe

Question 7

research to support functional recovery marquez de la plata et al 2008

Answer 7

patients older than 40 regain loss function than those under 40 years
-demonstrating less plasticity as we age