PSY 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Detection Theory, Eye Color, Dichotic Listening Test
18 Jun 2017
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Occurs by the growth of new dendrites and axons by the area that has been injured: you can form new synaptic clapses, new myelin sheath. Neural pruning: the process of cutting certain things out of the brain. Removing neurons that get in the way of the important information. When you learn to walk, you have a lot of neurons but then when you walk it becomes smaller and more detail. Not a miracle over night, takes rehab and time. When learning: you develop clear neural pathways. Will not be as good as original: intense therapy, *drugs that stimulate neural growth are not successful, grow more glia cells, psychological elements: Pain has to be reduced for person to focus on what they need to do. Stem cells: mimic other cells around them, grow like them. Neurogenesis: the generation of new neurons, fred gage and elizabeth concluded that hippocampus helps regrow new neurons.
