Flashcards on the study by Blakemore & Cooper on the visual neurones of kittens
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Created by Lizzy Attwood
about 7 years ago
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How many participants were there?
How long per day did the kittens spend in the apparatus?
How old were the kittens to start with and for how long did it last?
What were the properties of the visual display apparatus?
Why was it okay that were there no control kittens?
What happened after 5 weeks in the apparatus?
What were the 6 dependent variables? (what they wanted to observe)
At what age were the kittens tested?
How did they test the kittens after putting them under anaesthesia?
How else did they test the kittens?
What variables were controlled?
In what way were the test kittens different from normal kittens in their navigating of the room?
When would a kitten react to a rod?
Even though some of these problems disappeared after 10 hours, what remained impaired? (3)
75% of neurones were ____________
What was strange about the polar histograms of the neurone activity?
Why did they conclude that changes are not the consequence of degradation?
Neurones change preferred orientation due to what?
Does this suggest that brain plasticity is NATURED or NURTURED?
