PSYCH 2AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Synaptic Pruning, Grey Matter, Pacifier
11 Mar 2014
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Psych 2aa3 lecture 3- may 14, 2013. Rooting- touch on cheek results in turning of head towards touch and sucking. Reflexes disappear when they are not necessary, or they are replaced. Child learns to hold his/her head up. Newborns acquire vision very rapidly- meaning they just needed the input (light) to develop. Newborns can recognize the smell of their mothers. Midbrain and medulla- respiration, breathing, sleeping, etc vital functions, these are what we"re born with since they are important. 4-5 yr old: holding a pencil is very challenging, control is not good until 6-7 when finer motor skills are developed- correlating to spurts. Plasticity- infant"s experiences are shaping and moulding brain. We have more sensations that we can process- we don"t notice them until we consciously do so: we tend to focus more on auditory and visual sensations perception- how you recognize and label a sensation.
