Which of the following statements about brain plasticity is true?
A) A highly plastic cerebral cortex has a low capacity for learning.
B) Damage to a highly plastic cerebral cortex means that the abilities it controls cannot be recovered.
C) Many areas of a highly plastic cerebral cortex are not yet committed to specific functions.
D) The brain is the most plastic during adolescence.
C
You might also like to view...
The number of human genes is thought to be 25,000; thus, humans have many more genes than other far less complex organisms.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
According to the concept of priming, which of the following is most likely to be the result of flashing the picture of a Coke bottle on a computer monitor too briefly for a viewer to notice?
A. There is going to be no effect because the viewer is unaware of the event. B. The viewer will recognize related words (e.g., diet, Pepsi, Dr. Pepper) more quickly than unrelated words (e.g., computer, pencil) on a test a few seconds later. C. There will be faster recognition of related words if the viewer is in an altered state of consciousness. D. With repeated exposure, the viewer will become a Coke drinker.
Which of these would make for a good title for research on how work affects women?
a) "Little Effect Either Way" b) "The Effect Depends on Age" c) "In General a Positive Effect" d) "The Negative Outweighs the Positive"
A(n) _____ is a measure of what an individual has learned up to a certain point in his/her life
a) standardized prediction exam b) aptitude test c) culturally fair evaluation d) achievement test