PSY318H5 Lecture 2: Lecture 2
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Behaviour changes in behaviour; and maybe thats due to undergoing changes in the brain. Functional organization (e. g. , maps) how different pathways made. Cell structure (e. g. , dendritic organization) changes in the dendrites or maybe the axons structure one individual synapse between the dendrite and the axon (but there are a lot of. Mitotic activity (e. g. , neurogenesis) cell division. Molecular structure (e. g. , proteins) if there are changes in the proteins - epigenetic. Early lack of stimulation of one eye: leads to synapses in the visual cortex becoming gradually unresponsive to input from that eye. Cortical plasticity and sensitive periods is greatest in early life, but never ends o sensitive periods may end but the plasticity is still going to go on thoughtout life. Touch information activated the occipital cortex; ordinarily devoted to vision alone in people who are born blind, they don"t use the occipital lobe for normal functions, so o o o.
