Brain plasticity

Plasticity of the brain refers to

• the brain’s ability to remain stable over time.

• the brain’s ability to set like ‘plastic’ when learning occurs.

• the brain’s ability to adapt and change when required.

• the brain’s inability to adapt and change when required.

A person with spatial neglect will most likely

• have difficulty coordinating movements as a result of frontal lobe damage.

• have difficulty recognising faces because of temporal lobe damage.

• only recognise one side of visual space because of parietal lobe damage.

• not pay attention to stimuli in the environment because of frontal lobe damage.

The study of Phineas Gage demonstrated the effect of brain injury in the ________ lobe.

• frontal

• parietal

• temporal

• occipital

When a brain area takes over the function of an adjacent damaged brain area, this is best described as

• sprouting

• adaptive plasticity

• rerouting

• recovered function

Spatial neglect occurs when:

• The left hemisphere of the parietal lobe is damaged.

• The right hemisphere of the parietal lobe is damaged.

• The left hemisphere of the frontal lobe is damaged.

• The right hemisphere of the frontal lobe is damaged.

Developmental Plasticity refers to changes in the brains neural structure to enable adjustment to experience and to compensate for lost function in the event of brain damage.

• True

• False

Adaptive plasticity is not retained throughout the lifetime.

• True

• False

Spatial neglect is an attentional disorder in which the person affected chooses to ignore stimuli on one side of their body.

• True

• False

Phineas Gage experiencing an overall reduced level of motor activity is an example of a social effect caused by his frontal lobe damage.

• True

• False

The process of eliminating synaptic connections is called

• synaptic pruning

• synaptic sprouting

• dendritic growth

• recovery