Exam 8:How Does the Nervous System Develop and Adapt? Part C

In an experiment examining the ability of children to discriminate speech sounds of various languages,Werker and Tees found:

In the 1990s,rates of autism were approximately 1 in 2000.However,recent estimates suggest that as many as _____ children has some form of autism.

Some researchers suggest that prenatal exposure to caffeine or nicotine may lead to a child developing:

Which of the following is NOT associated with brain growth up to age 16?

The results of Horn's electron microscopic studies show that synapses in a specific _____ region enlarge with imprinting.

Romanian orphans who were adopted before _____ later tested at the same IQ level as children born and raised in North America.

The nonmatching-to-sample task described in your text is thought to measure the functions of the:

Progenitor cells come from:

Research has linked sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)with:

_____ have an extensive capacity for self-renewal.

Some researchers have suggested that schizophrenia results from the abnormal development of the:

Testosterone:

Growth spurts up to age 16 account for large increases in brain weight.This is MOST likely due to increases in:

Which of the following sequences is correct?

Cells in layer _____ of the cortex develop first.

According to Piaget,in which development stage do children first begin to understand mathematical transformations?

Increases in cortical thickness in the hand area of the primary motor cortex are associated with:

Studies have shown that children are able to solve the _____ prior to the _____.

You can test planning capability by using the:

One reason why cholinergic neurons in the basal forebrain die during synaptic pruning is that they must compete for limited amounts of: