Brain Plasticity
The brain's capacity to change its organization and function in response to experience
Brain Plasticity
Large body movements, such as, swinging of the arms, dancing, and running
Gross Motor Movement
Startle Reflex, happens when there are sudden movements
Moro Reflexes
True or False: If at a young age, you damage the part of your brain that controls language, it will transfer to a different part of your brain because of Brain Plasticity
True
These types of motor skills deals with fingers and hands
Fine Motor Skills
Triggered by touching the side of the infants mouth
Rooting
True or False: The brain gets more plastic the older you get
False
At this age range, the child should be able to; tie shoes, use knife to cut soft food, copy numbers and simple words. (Remember, not all children develop at the same age).
5-6 years
When something (like a finger) touches the roof of the mouth
_____ ____ was born without the left hemisphere of her brain
Michelle Mack
The brain evolves in a _______ sequence
Predictable
when the infants head is turns to one side, the arm in front of the fact stretches out and the other bends at the elbow
Tonic Neck
Brain plasticity is synonymous with _________
malleability and openness to change
At 2.5 months, a baby holding up their head is an example of this development
Motor Development
When stroking the inside of the baby's palm, it will grasp onto whatever is touching the inside of the palm
Palmar Grasp