Brain Plasticity

Adults do not make good patients for brain surgery because    

• Adult brains are not able to repair themselves as quickly
• Children's brains are not able to repair themselves as quickly
• Adult brains repair themselves more quickly than children's brains.
• All of the above.

The last brain area to reach maturity tends to be the

• motor cortex
• sensory cortex
• cerebral cortex
• prefrontal cortex

________ is formation of the fatty later encasing the axons. 

• Synaptogenesis
• Plasticity
• Myelination
• Axon formation

What is the name of the process of creating new synapses that happens very quickly in the first couple of years after birth

• Synaptic pruning

• Synaptomiosis

• Myelinization

• Synaptogenesis

Each burst of synaptogenesis is followed by which of

the following processes?

• Degeneration

• Loss of axons

• Pruning

• Formation of dendrites

Your brain has the ability to change in response to

experience. This ability is known as

• flexibility

• plasticity

• responsiveness

• reactivity

What is the name of the sheath around the axons that serves as insulation and speeds neural transmissions

• Fontanel

• Glial fiber

• Myelin

• Dendrite

When do scientists believe the brain fully develops

• In the teens
• In the 20s
• In the 30s
• Never

Adolescents show the following

• Poor planning/ initiation/lack of insight into consequences
• Risk taking behaviors/ Susceptible to peer pressure
• Difficulty monitoring and inhibiting emotions
• All of the above

The reason that adolescents may have difficulty with executive functions, planning, inhibition, risk taking, emotionality, and peer relationships is due to 

• Underdeveloped Pre Frontal cortex
• Underdeveloped Frontal lobe
• Environment and Peer pressure
• Parental demands and expectations