Brain Plasticity & Functional Recovery After Trauma (OCR A-Level Psychology): Flashcards
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Brain plasticity definition
Brain plasticity definition
Brain's ability to adapt in response to new experiences (e.g., after brain damage)
Maguire's research method
Maguire's research method
Quasi-experiment
Maguire's finding: taxi drivers & hippocampus
Maguire's finding: taxi drivers & hippocampus
Positive correlation between time as driver & hippocampus size
Brain area that grew in Maguire's taxi drivers
Brain area that grew in Maguire's taxi drivers
Hippocampus
What Maguire couldn't do in her quasi-experiment
What Maguire couldn't do in her quasi-experiment
Random allocation
Variables affecting Maguire's findings
Variables affecting Maguire's findings
Extraneous variables that could become confounding variables
Relationship Maguire couldn't establish
Relationship Maguire couldn't establish
Cause-and-effect relationship
Nature of Maguire's findings (not causal)
Nature of Maguire's findings (not causal)
Correlational
Functional recovery after trauma definition
Functional recovery after trauma definition
Function transferred from damaged to undamaged brain region
3 mechanisms of brain plasticity & functional recovery
3 mechanisms of brain plasticity & functional recovery
Synapse strengthening, rewiring, neuronal unmasking
Research support for functional recovery
Research support for functional recovery
Stroke victims - brain re-wires, undamaged areas take over
Limitation of brain's self-repair
Limitation of brain's self-repair
Can only repair itself up to a specific point
Additional treatment for functional recovery
Additional treatment for functional recovery
Physical therapy to increase recovery & maintain improvements
Practical application of functional recovery research
Practical application of functional recovery research
Improve treatment for brain trauma, increase recovery chances