Your Brain is Plastic
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11th Grade - University
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was the previous belief about adult brains before recent scientific advances?
They could only learn new languages.
They were fixed and unchangeable.
They were capable of unlimited growth.
They were more powerful than computers.
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is neuroplasticity?
The brain's capacity to mold and adapt to new conditions.
The brain's ability to shrink with age.
The brain's inability to form new connections.
The brain's fixed structure after childhood.
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How do neurons change their connections?
By deleting all existing synapses.
By forming new synapses and strengthening existing ones.
By reducing the number of dendrites.
By stopping all electrochemical signals.
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What happens to synapses when they are no longer needed?
They become permanent.
They form new connections.
They shrink and are pruned.
They grow stronger.
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How does the brain build long-term memory?
By forgetting short-term information.
By forming entirely new synapses over time.
By reducing the number of neurons.
By stopping the learning process.
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