Critical periods and experience-dependent plasticity
What Critical periods and experience-dependent plasticity means in Biology A (Salters-Nuffield) A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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Early deprivation shifts the balance of ocular dominance, informing ideas about critical periods in human brain development.
Topics that use Critical periods and experience-dependent plasticity
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