Feb 5, 2011 02:35
13 yrs ago
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English term

pruning

English to Portuguese Social Sciences Psychology
The most intelligent 7-year-olds had a 'thinner' brain cortex, which progressively thickened to age 11 to 13, before thinning with the natural pruning of unused connections. Agile minds came with agile brains.
Proposed translations (Portuguese)
4 +2 poda
4 +2 remoção/
3 +2 desbaste

Proposed translations

+2
17 mins
Selected

poda

"Pruning" literalmente quer dizer "poda". Acho que neste contexto a tradução literal é apropriada.
Peer comment(s):

agree Milana Penavski
2 mins
Obrigado!
agree Marlene Curtis
23 mins
Obrigado, Marlene!
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+2
7 mins

remoção/

natural das conexões não utilizadas...

desaparecimento natural,
Peer comment(s):

agree Marlene Curtis
12 mins
agree Claudio Mazotti
5 hrs
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+2
28 mins

desbaste

IATE
Ciências médicas [
self-pruning
natural pruning
PT desbaste natural


Peer comment(s):

agree Marlene Curtis
12 mins
Obg Marlene
agree Claudio Mazotti
5 hrs
Obg Cláudio
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Reference comments

40 mins
Reference:

pruning

Portal Ciência & Vida - Filosofia, História, Psicologia e ... - [ Translate this page ]
Apesar disso, até alguns anos atrás o desenvolvimento cerebral nos ... o que desencadeia um processo paralelo de poda, ou desbaste das conexões inativas. ...
www.revistafilosofia.com.br/ESPS/Edicoes/32/imprime101346.a...
Peer comments on this reference comment:

agree Leonor Machado
2 mins
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