plasticity

Question 1

what is plasticity?

Answer 1

idea that the brain is adaptable

Question 2

definition of plasticity?

Answer 2

the brain’s ability to change and adapt in reaction to the environment and through experience

Question 3

what does plasticity mean?

Answer 3

pathways are not fixed

Question 4

what happens relating to plasticity if you form new habits?

Answer 4

if you do the NEW habit MORE often the pathway STRENGTHENS while the OLDER pathways WEAKEN

Question 5

with the ability to form and strengthen new pathways and weaken older pathways what does it show?

Answer 5

the brain is not fixed and hardwired to do certain things and it allows for change

Question 6

what is funstional recovery?
-defintuion

Answer 6

the transfer of functions from a damaged area of the brain after trauma to other undamaged areas