Plasticity And Functional Recovery

Question 1

Support from animal studies

Answer 1

One strength of plasticity is research support from animal studies. Kempermann et al (1998) tested plasticity on rats. He measured the number of neurons in the brain depending on whether their
Environment was enriched or not. He found that enriched environments showed an increases in the number of neurons in the hippocampus. This gives experimental evidence for the brains ability to change as a result of environmental situation.

Question 2

Support from human studies

Answer 2

One strength of plasticity is researchtsupport. Maguire (2000) researched taxi drivers in London compared with non-taxi drivers,.

Question 3

Age differences

Question 4

Educational attainment

Answer 4

Schneider et al (2014)