Exam 4: Neuroplasticity

When you learn something new, what happens to your brain?

Gating refers to:

Rita Levi-Montalcini's discovery of the _____ while in hiding during World War II earned her the 1968 Nobel Prize.

Generalized plasticity is is a trait of _____ brains.

A phantom sensation occurs when:

If we are interested in something, there will be a(n) _____ in the release of acetylcholine.

A rapid change can lead to the release of inhibition and the ____ of an existing connection.

Cortical reorganization only occurs after amputation.

The type of cell death common in embryos that avoids collateral damage is:

Organisms with more flexible brains have longer periods of:

In order for a neuron to survive, it must get:

Ocular dominance columns in the visual cortex contain cells that respond primarily to signals from either the:

Your brain would begin devoting less space to the area associated with your right arm if your arm:

Vision is ______, in that normal visual development requires normal visual activity.

The damage to or loss of language skills is called:

Making changes in the brain only when those changes would be helpful or relevant to the organism is called:

Which tool can be used to asses a human brain's map of the body?

If the brain loses an area of sensory tissue, it can:

A neuron must find a role in the larger nervous system or else it will:

Sensory substitution experiments involve taking alternate routes in the brain in order to circumvent deficient sensory channels.