Basics of Brain Development
What is mainly comprised of cell bodies?
Grey matter
What is a cross-sectional study design?
Collect data on different age groups of different people
What percentage of your daily calorie intake does your brain use?
20%
What is habituation?
losing interest after repetition of stimuli (e.g., ni infants)
What cells are responsible for digesting debris of dead neurons, carrying nutritional support from blood vessels to neurons, and regulating ions? (recitation)
Microglial/Astrocytes
What are the three methods of recording signals from the brain that were discussed?
EEG, MEG. and fMRI
What can visual cortex be used for in people who are born blind?
sense of touch!
What is a limitation of longitudinal research designs to study development?
Lots of time and money; more chance of people dropping out
How many neurons are in the brain?
86 billion
What does the “expectancy violation” method rely on ?
infants looking longer at new things, or things are that “surprising”