Statistics for Plasticity & functional recovery

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
functional recovery	a type of plasticity	100%
	axon sprouting	100%
child vs adult	children have more synaptic connections	100%
negative plasticity	drugs and old age	100%
Research	eleanor maguire et al 2000	100%
	recruitment of homologous areas	100%
	reformation of blood vessels	100%
	synaptic pruning	100%
5	age differences	0%
	brain transfers functions of damaged areas to undamaged areas	0%
	constraint induced movement therapy	0%
	drug use leads to poorer cognitive function	0%
	elbert et al capacity for neural reorganisation is much greater in children	0%
	forming new synaptic connections close to the damaged area	0%
	hippocampus is associated with spatial and navigational skills	0%
	increase volume of grey matter in the hippocampus	0%
Evaluation 1	kuhn et al 2014 plasticity	0%
	learning has caused structural changes	0%
	longer job greater difference	0%
	neurorehabilitation which uses motor therapy and electrical simulation of the brain to counter negative effects	0%
	phantom limb syndrome due to cortical reorganisation	0%
2	plasticity negative behavioural consequences	0%
4	practical applications	0%
	provided stem cells to rats	0%
How ?	rewire and reorganise itself	0%
	studied brains of london taxi drivers using an mri scanner	0%
3	taijiri et al 2013 functional recovery	0%
plasticity	the brains tendency to change and adapt as a result of experience and new learning	0%
	video games for 30 minutes	0%