Practice question · Sort into groups
Sort each fact by whether plasticity is greatest early in life or continues into adulthood.
Groups: Greatest early in development · Continues throughout adulthood
- Ongoing strengthening and pruning of connections as you keep learning
- Windows in which experience shapes the wiring most decisively
- Recovery of function after a brain injury in an adult
- Dramatic synaptic pruning during childhood and adolescence
Hints
- Some plasticity peaks early (critical periods, heavy pruning); some persists lifelong (learning, recovery).
- Childhood pruning and critical periods are early; adult learning and injury recovery are lifelong.
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Greatest early in development: Dramatic synaptic pruning during childhood and adolescence, Windows in which experience shapes the wiring most decisively
Continues throughout adulthood: Ongoing strengthening and pruning of connections as you keep learning, Recovery of function after a brain injury in an adult
Why
Heavy pruning and critical/sensitive periods peak early; everyday learning and recovery from injury show plasticity continuing into adulthood. Plasticity is greatest early but never fully stops - the lesson's core point.
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