Your Brain is Plastic

What happens to the structure of our brains when we learn new things?

• It becomes fixed and stops changing.

• It alters at a cellular level.

• It shrinks and loses connections.

• It only changes during childhood.

What term describes the brain's ability to change and adapt to new conditions?

• Synaptic Pruning

• Neural Rigidity

• Neural Plasticity

• Brain Fixation

How many synapses does each neuron in a three-year-old's brain have compared to a newborn's?

• About the same number.

• Half as many.

• Six times as many.

• Twice as many.

How does the brain form long-term memories?

• By shrinking unused synapses.

• By only strengthening existing connections.

• By forging entirely new synapses over time.

• By stopping all changes once information is learned.