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PUBERTAL HORMONES & BRAIN PLASTICITY - Coggle Diagram
PUBERTAL HORMONES & BRAIN PLASTICITY
Pubertal onset
Hormones modulate
Cognition
Brain development
Neurochemical processes
Plasticity
Episodic memory
Dependent variables
Sex
Cognitive domain
Brain networks
Executive functions
Characteristics
Increase release
Gonadal hormone
Sex hormones
Development
Secondary sexual characteristics
Testicular enlargement
Breast development
Age
Females
8 - 14.9 y/o
Males
9.7 - 14.1 y/o
Brain
Sensitive phases
Time windows
Malleable to new experiences
Strong effects
Increased
Brain plasticity
Adolescence
Increased learning opportunitieds
Enhanced skills
Complex social
Cognitive
Plasticity
Autobiographical memories
Higher cognitive functions
Example
Learning a language is easier in childhood than in adulthood
Cognitive development
Later childhood
Adolescence
Plasticity
Definition
Change in the brain behavior
Lasting behavioral alterations
Change/improvements
Ability
Potential
Likely to occur
Prolongued mismatch
Currently available resources
Environmental demands
Greater flexibility
Optiminize available
Resources
Behaviors
Adaptation
Environmental demands
Adolescence
Development
Cognitive control
Thought
Action
Emotion
Executive functions
Updating
Shifting
Inhibition
Dependent of...
Lateral frontopariental brain network
Structure
Function
Connectivity
Integration
Association
Projection
PFC
Subcortical regions
Striatum
Hippocampus
Episodic memory
Pubertal hormones
Longitudinal studies
Brain
Structure
Function
Testosterone
Changes
Volume
Grey matter
Subcortical strutures
Amygdala
Hippocampus
Striatum
Depend on...
Sex
Boys
Decrease in amygdala (A) volume
Girls
Increase in A volume
Level
Lower
Larger A volume
Greater thickness in mPFC
Higher
Larger volume in the hippocampus
May decrease capacity of learning
Risk of anxiety-related disorders