Is there a fact about plasticity that stood out to you as particularly interesting? Why? How would you describe the importance of plasticity to the nervous system?
Think of an experience or expectation in your own life that changed the way you thought about something. What was the change?

Maintaining a healthy weight allows the respiratory system to work more effectively because a. oxygen is being delivered more adequately. b. the heart does not have to pump as forcefully. c. the capillaries are constricted. d. the lung capacity allows for small amounts of air.

An 81-year-old man and avid reader had a mild stroke from which he eventually recovered. he did have some residual signs and symptoms, however, such as: - right-sided homonymous hemianopia (i.e. loss of vision on the right half of the visual field in each eye) - alexia ("dyslexia"), the inability to read, which greatly frustrated this man - loss of sensation on the skin on the right side of the body why was this man unable to see the right half of his field of vision?

Which describes the effect of prolonged stress on blood pressure? it causes blood pressure to decrease. it has little or no effect on blood pressure. it causes the heart to pump with more force. it causes blood pressure to increase.