bing brain dev 2

Question 1

define short term memory

Answer 1

is the capacity for holding a small amount of information in mind in an active, readily available state for a short period of time.

Question 2

define long term memory

Answer 2

is memory that can last beyond a few minutes to decades.

Question 3

define working memory

Answer 3

Brain briefly stores information required for immediate performance of a task. This task-associated memory.

Question 4

maturation of cognitive behaviour includes

Answer 4

the progression of mental abilities and processes as an animal matures.

Question 5

list the subcatergories of animal cognitive behaviour

Answer 5

Sensory Perception: detect and respond to stimuli such as light, sound, odor, and touch.
Learning and Memory: animals demonstrate the ability to learn from experience and retain information over time.
Problem Solving: This may involve finding food, navigating obstacles, or escaping from predators.
Tool Use and Innovation: This behavior is especially prevalent in primates, birds, and certain species of mammals.
Emotional Processing: animals exhibit emotional responses to various stimuli.

Question 6

Key animal learning behaviour include:

Answer 6

Habituation: a simple form of learning, in which an animal stops responding to a stimulus after a period of repeated exposure.
Imprinting: occurs at a particular age or a life stage that is rapid and independent of the species involved.
classical conditioning: the conditioned response is associated with a stimulus that it had previously not been associated with, the conditioned stimulus.
operant conditioning: gradually modified by its consequences as the animal responds to the stimulus.

Question 7

Morris water maze quantifies cognition how

Answer 7

by having a hidden platform and testing if the rat once the platform is found will return to the hidden location, thus showing it remembers and learns its location

Question 8

8 arm radial maze shows us what about an animals cognitive function

Answer 8

shows if the rat can remember which arms it has been down already. - short term memory

Question 9

why is glucose so important to brain development

Answer 9

Glucose is the main fuel of the brain (lesser sources include ketone bodies, creatine, lactate)

Question 10

what re the key growth/ development processes in the brain

Answer 10

Apoptosis (mitosis), myelination, axon/dendrite growth, synaptic pruning (proliferation),