Physical Changes in the Associative Areas of the Cortex During

question 48

Multiple Choice

Physical changes in the associative areas of the cortex during late childhood and early adolescence are thought to contribute to

• A)increased processing speed.
• B)crystallized intelligence.
• C)selective attention.
• D)the competence-performance gap.

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