NEUR 2200 Study Guide - Final Guide: Living Brain, Subventricular Zone, Zygote

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Neuroscience
• Course: NEUR 2200
• Professor: Zachary Patterson

Document Summary

Structural development correlated with the emergence of behaviour. Behavioural development analyzed to determine underlying circuitry. Environmental factors studied to determine how they influence both brain structure and behavioural development: structural development can be studied and correlated with the emergence of behaviour. Brain development predicts behavioural development (e. g. development of the frontal lobe corresponds with social development) Tower of hanoi a means of testing cognitive development, task that is dependent on frontal lobes. Task is to mentally plan how to move coloured discs one by one in the minimum number of moves, to match goal configuration. Task cannot be performed efficiently until ages 15-17: behavioural development can be analyzed and predictions can be made about what underlying circuitry must be emerging. Behavioural development predicts brain development (e. g. development of language implies the development of the brain areas involved in language: factors that influence both brain and behavioural development, such as language or injury, can be studied.