Exam 4: Genetics, evolution, development, and Plasticity

How is brain development related to adolescent impulsivity?​

The results of several studies of facial expressions in people who were born blind suggest ____.​

One way to relieve the pain associated with a phantom limb is to ____.​

Group selection as an explanation for altruistic behavior would argue that ____.​

Brain cells that are neither neurons nor glia,but which are capable of dividing and then differentiating into neurons or glia,are called ____.​

A person with two recessive genes is considered to be ____ for that trait.​

The field of epigenetics deals with how ____.​

The mechanism of fetal alcohol syndrome probably relates to ____.​

At later stages of the neuron's development,neurotrophins ____.​

Evolution improves the fitness of the population,which is defined as ____.​

A cortical cell originally responded to stimulation of the middle finger.After amputation of that finger,it begins responding to the second and fourth fingers.Which action most likely accounts for this?​

Heightened sensitivity to a neurotransmitter after the destruction of an incoming axon is known as ____.​

Kin selection as an explanation for altruistic behavior would argue that ____.​

If some of the axons innervating a given cell are destroyed or if they become inactive,what compensatory process takes place in the remaining presynaptic cells?​

Humans may have been able to evolve such big brains without sacrificing other functions because of ____.​

In development,neurotrophins ____.During adulthood,they ____.​

An example of a sex-linked trait is ____.​

Describe how phantom limb sensations that seemingly come from a missing hand might occur when the face is touched.​

After cells have differentiated as neurons or glia,they ____.​

____ cells proliferate after a stroke.​