Infant Brain Development
This region is responsible for allowing babies to grab things and eat food.
Process of reducing the number of synapses in the brain throughout early-childhood development?
What is synaptic pruning?
An increase in ______ matter is seen during the adolescent developmental period.
What is white matter?
The process of dendrites and axons growing longer and forming connections with other neurons during development.
What is Synaptogenesis?
The fastest growing brain region during this period of development.
What is the Cerebellum?
A ________ ___________ of development is a time where a person's sensory, emotional, motor, emotional, and environmental inputs effect how the brain develops and adapts.
What is a critical period?
Process of stronger neuronal connections "beating out" weaker ones during the process of reducing the number of synapses in the brain?
What is competitive eliminiation?
This insulation on neurons is responsible for creating the brain's white matter.
What is Myelin?
% the brain grows per day following birth.
What is 1%?
Recovery from brain injuries (i.e. concussions) is thought to occur more quickly and effectively in children due to enhanced __________.
What is regeneration?
The extensive growth of the ________ __________ during adolescence may explain enhanced learning capacity that is frequently observed.
What is the corpus callosum?
The last region of the brain to fully develop.
What is the Frontal Lobe?
The overall increase in brain volume seen in infants is due to the overall ________, ___________, and ___________ of neurons.
What is growing, multiplying (proliferating), and maturing (differentiating)?
Research has shown that _________ (disorder involving hallucinations, disorganized behaviors, etc.) may actually occur due to the incorrect formation of pathways and connections within the brain during early childhood.
What is Schizophrenia?
Increased risk taking and thrill seeking can be attributed to changes in balance of development in the ______ _______ and __________.
What is the frontal lobe and amygdala?
Human brains continue to develop until approximately _____ years of age.
What is 30?
The average weight of a newborn baby's brain (in oz).
What is 13 ounces?
By the time a child is ___ years old, the brain has reached ____% of its adult size.
What is 5 years old, 90%?
________ __________ __________ is a form of imaging that has been used to examine the quality of white matter in adolescents who have experimented with drugs.
What is Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI)?
Plasticity has been defined as _______ _________, meaning that changes continue in the brain based on life experiences, which are not universal or anticipated