Brain Development Quiz

What is the lifespan stage between birth and childhood?

• Adolescence

• Infancy

• Plasticity

• Proliferation

What is the ability of the brain's synapses to be modified?

• Adolescence

• Infancy

• Plasticity

• Proliferation

What is the development and consolidation of neural pathways in babies, children, and adolescents called?

• Adolescence

• Infancy

• Plasticity

• Developmental Plasticity

During which stage of brain development do cells destined to become neurons divide and multiply?

• Proliferation

• Migration

• Circuit Formation

• Synaptic Pruning

What is the movement of newly formed neurons during developmental plasticity called?

• Proliferation

• Migration

• Circuit Formation

• Synaptic Pruning

Which stage of brain development involves the loss of excess neurons and synapses?

• Proliferation

• Migration

• Circuit Formation

• Synaptic Pruning

What is the process where the axons of neurons become insulated by myelin?

• Proliferation

• Migration

• Circuit Formation

• Myelination

At what age does myelination of the brain finish?

• 0-2 years

• 12-13 years

• 18-19 years

• 23 years

During which stage of brain development does synaptogenesis occur?

• Proliferation

• Migration

• Circuit Formation

• Synaptic Pruning

Which stage of brain development involves the division and multiplication of cells that will become neurons?

• Proliferation

• Migration

• Circuit Formation

• Synaptic Pruning