Health Sciences 2700A/B Lecture Notes - Prefrontal Cortex, Synaptic Pruning, Cerebral Cortex
1 Oct 2022
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Today"s agenda: physical, depression/suicide, information processing, theory of identity, Physical changes frontal lobes of the cerebral cortex (area that controls logic & planning) are developing. The brain: second change begins ~age 17 & continues into early adulthood, when the. Sarah-jayne blakemore: the mysterious workings of the adolescent brain (tedtalk) 3 changes: - we watched 13:09 mins. Grey matter peaks in early adolescence, & during adolescence. Adolescence is the period from puberty to a stable role in society. Adolescents are better with black/white rules than abstract rules. Skeletal system: changes are more marked in boys than girls. grow first & the trunk is usually the slowest part to grow. Girls attain most of their height by 16 years. Cephalocaudal/proximodistal patterns are reversed, so hands & feet. Girls: % fat & % muscle (preparation for reproduction) Boys: % fat & % muscle . Size, hr, in capacity for sustained physical effort.
