Question

Lolita, a nine-year-old girl, met with an accident that lead to a head injury. However, a few months later, she was able to recover from this injury. Which of the following characteristics of the nervous system most likely played a predominant role in her recovery? O Complexity O Integrity O Plasticity O Tortuosity

Answer 1

Answer: The correct answer is Plasticity.

Explanation: Neural plasticity can be explained as the ability of the Nervous system to rewire its connections.

Example of plasticity:

Areas of the brain can get damaged by strokes, by trauma or by age. This causes those brain areas to lose their functions.

When this happens another part of the brain gets enabled to replace or take over the functions of the damaged areas.

In this particular case, the fact that Lolita was able to recover from the injury shows the plasticity of her nervous system.