CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD

INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Research on intelligence and brain anatomy indicates that highly intelligent children have ____ than their less intelligent counterparts.
A
longer axons
B
higher dopamine levels
C
faster neurotransmitters
D
greater neural plasticity
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Research on intelligence and brain anatomy indicates that highly intelligent children demonstrate greater neural plasticity than their less intelligent counterparts.

Detailed explanation-2: -Research on the determinants of intelligence indicates that: both genes and environment have some influence on intelligence scores. The Flynn effect is least likely to be explained in terms of: changes in human genetic characteristics.

Detailed explanation-3: -The cerebello-parietal component and the frontal component were significantly associated with intelligence. The parietal and frontal regions were each distinctively associated with intelligence by maintaining structural networks with the cerebellum and the temporal region, respectively.

Detailed explanation-4: -Postmortem brain analyses reveal that highly educated people have more synapses when they die than do their less educated counterparts. High intelligence has been linked with high concentrations of gray matter in certain regions of the frontal lobe.

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