Plasticity

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  • Created on: 13-11-17 11:57
Mechellie et al found _______ parietal cortex in brains of people who were bilingual
larger
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If the brain repairs itself quickly after trauma it is what?
Spontaneousrecovery
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If recovery occurs, the individual may now need to go through ___ therapy to further their recovery
rehabilitative
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The growth of new nerve endings which connect with other undamaged nerve cells to form new neuronal pathways is called what?
Axonalsprouting
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The brain reorganises itself by forming new synaptic ____
connections
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_______ neural pathways are used to carry out certain functions so that function can still continue
Secondary
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Spontaneous recover tends to slow down after a number of ___
weeks
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Plasticity can be negative as 60 - 80% amputees experience ______limb syndrome due to cortical reorganisation in the somatosensory cortex
phantom
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Functional plasticity tend to reduce with ____
age
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____ demonstrated how 40 hours of gold training produced changes in the neural representation of movement in participants aged 40-60
Bezzola
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Using ___, the researchers observed reduced motor cortex acitivity in novice golfers compared to a control group
fMRI
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Functional plasticity tend to reduce with ____
age
12 of 14
____ demonstrated how 40 hours of gold training produced changes in the neural representation of movement in participants aged 40-60
Bezzola
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Using ___, the researchers observed reduced motor cortex acitivity in novice golfers compared to a control group
fMRI
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If recovery occurs, the individual may now need to go through ___ therapy to further their recovery

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The growth of new nerve endings which connect with other undamaged nerve cells to form new neuronal pathways is called what?

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The brain reorganises itself by forming new synaptic ____

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