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the brain begins as an embryonic structure called the - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔neural tube, shortly after conception it is formed in neurulation, all areas
of the brain develop from here
the brain is considered mature around what age - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔25, the
brain is not mature until our mid-twenties because the prefrontal cortex
(which enables executive function abilities) continues to develop until this
time
what is the sequence in which we learn our abilities - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔sensory, motor, emotional skills, executive function skills (begin in early
, childhood but their sensitive period of development continues into early
adulthood)
what stages of development are the most plastic and the least - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔early childhood, late childhood, adolescence, adulthood, the
brain becomes progressively less plastic with age
the age at which a human has the most connections between neurons is - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔3, as the brain ages, unused connections are pruned away
and active connections are strengthened
how do experiences shape the developing brain - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔they
influence which neural connections are strengthened or pruned, they help
us practice our skills
at what stage of development do negative experiences influence the
architecture of the developing brain - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔at any stage of
development, which neural circuits will be affected depends on when the
negative experience occurs
most traits and diseases in humans are derived from - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the
interaction between genes and environmental influences