PSYCH 2AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Prenatal Development, Neural Plate, Thunderstorm
31 Oct 2016
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Parents eager to encourage their children"s neurodevelopment. Ex: brain stimulation products like baby einstein; they are not helpful! Mozart effect; researchers recruited university students to hear mozart or not then do iq test, then found that students who hear mozart had higher iq than those who did not hear mozart. Fastest organ to reach adult size; age 6 90% of its adult weight. The brain growth spurt; between third trimester and age 2, grows about 1. 7 grams per day. Neurons in place at birth, and we keep developing new neurons throughout the life span; they receive and transmit neural impulses. Synaptogenesis: synapses allows neuro cells to communicate with each other, development of synapses very depended on stimulation and development. Synpatic pruning: trimming of synpases, stimulation of synapses keep them alive, but if not using then they are killed off, starts at 18 months.
