The Advances in Higher-Order Brain Functioning That Happen from Birth

question 56

Multiple Choice

The advances in higher-order brain functioning that happen from birth to age five correlate with

• A) an increase in the number of brain neurons.
• B) completion of PNS myelination.
• C) an increase in total brain size and complexity.
• D) completion of myelination of the frontal cortex.

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Definitions:

Geometric Means

A statistical measure defined as the nth root (where n is the count of numbers) of the product of n numbers, particularly useful in calculating average rates of growth.

Investment

The act of allocating resources, usually money, with the expectation of generating an income or profit.

Variance

Variance is a measure of the dispersion of a set of data points from their mean, indicating how spread out the data points are.

Geometric Mean

A type of mean or average which indicates the central tendency of a set of numbers by using the product of their values.