Plasticity Quiz

What is neural plasticity?

• The brain's ability to change and adapt as a result of experience and new learning.

• The brain's inability to form new connections.

• The brain's tendency to remain static and unchanging.

• The brain's capacity to lose connections over time.

What does functional recovery refer to?

• The brain's ability to form new memories.

• The brain's ability to redistribute or transfer functions from damaged areas to other undamaged areas.

• The brain's capacity to lose functions permanently.

• The brain's tendency to remain static after trauma.

What did Eleanor Maguire et al. (2000) study?

• The effects of sleep on brain plasticity.

• The brains of London taxi drivers and the hippocampus.

• The impact of diet on brain function.

• The role of exercise in brain recovery.

What is the significance of the hippocampus in the study by Eleanor Maguire et al. (2000)?

• It is associated with memory and navigation.

• It is responsible for motor skills.

• It controls emotional responses.

• It regulates sleep patterns.

What happens in the brain during recovery after trauma?

• The brain loses its ability to form new connections.

• The brain is able to rewire and reorganize itself by forming new synaptic connections.

• The brain remains static and unchanging.

• The brain's functions are permanently lost.

What is axonal sprouting?

• The growth of new nerve endings which connect with other undamaged nerve cells.

• The loss of nerve endings in the brain.

• The brain's inability to form new connections.

• The brain's tendency to remain static.

What is denervation supersensitivity?

• When axons that do a similar job become more sensitive.

• When axons lose their sensitivity.

• When the brain loses its ability to form new connections.

• When the brain's functions are permanently lost.

What is the role of recruitment of homologous areas in functional recovery?

• To form new memories.

• To perform specific tasks using similar areas on the opposite side of the brain.

• To lose functions permanently.

• To remain static after trauma.

What is the significance of the study by Bogdan Draganski et al. (2006)?

• It showed that learning-induced changes occurred in the posterior hippocampus and the parietal cortex.

• It demonstrated the impact of diet on brain function.

• It highlighted the role of exercise in brain recovery.

• It focused on the effects of sleep on brain plasticity.