期刊名称：International Journal of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities
印刷版ISSN：2168-0620
出版年度：2021
卷号：13
期号：1
页码：1
DOI：10.7710/2168-0620.0321
出版社：Pacific University
摘要：Our brain is plastic: it changes and adapts in response to our environment. While some circuits in our brain remain plastic during our whole life, others are capable of plasticity only at a certain age, and for a limited amount of time. These confined periods of intense development are called critical periods. Through the example of the visual system, we will explore the concept of critical periods in the brain, how they were discovered, what causes them, and how they contribute to the brain development in health and pathology.
