The Developing Brain

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What is postnatal increase in brain size related to?
Myelination, synaptogenesis, glial cells proliferation
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What does the protocortex process sensory experience through?
Thalamus
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At what period did Lenneburg (1967) suggest that language was critical?
Adolescence
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What does fMRI/MRI suggest second language learning depends on?
Age of acquisition for grammar
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What is heritability?
A measure of degree of variance in a trait in the population that can be assigned to genetic rather than environment
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What is the gene-environment correlation?
Genes cause people to seek out certain environments
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