PSYCH211 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Psych, Prefrontal Cortex, Synaptic Pruning
4 Apr 2017
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Wisc (wesher? intelligence scale) starting at age 6. Better predictor of adult iq once wisc can be administered (powerful tool for research) Say what a piece of paper would look like if cut or folded (understanding of transformations, spatial reasoning skills) Have a limited understanding, for spatial tasks they may not have the. A subcategory of this also tests kids ability to follow instructions talking about geography, he looks like every other 4 year old. Categorization explicit physical features vs. implicit features, expert kids would have much better categorization than the novice kid. Autism and sally-ann task: showed video (baron cohen 9yr old sally ann test). wasn"t able to see from sally"s perspective, not good with false belief. Brain overgrowth lack of synaptic pruning especially prefrontal cortex. Linked with deficits or struggles with emotional processing. Amygdala grows especially large then shrinks in adulthood. Less responsive during perspective taking tasks (tpj is the home of false.
