Kinesiology 1080A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Cerebral Cortex, Occipital Lobe, Neuroplasticity

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No brain labeling, only asking the function of areas. Need to know names and what they discovered, authors names as well and why they are important. Only general questions about videos shown in class. Conduction aphasia: has disconnection between broca and wernicke areas. The disconnection prevents him from producing intelligent speech. Broca and wernicke areas are lateralized in the left hemisphere for most people. The brain ability to change and recover from injury. As people age their brain plasticity decreases. Ex a stroke at age 10 has potential for full recovery but a stroke at 80 has little potential for much improvement. People got very detailed structural scans for their brain. For 6 months the experimental group was instructed to practice 4 ball juggling for 1. 5 hours every day. Most participants reported never skipping a day. The study was looking in to how people learn difficult tasks. Juggling is a difficult visual motor activity.

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