Just Before Toddlers Make Rapid Advances in Language Ability, We

question 91

Multiple Choice

Just before toddlers make rapid advances in language ability, we could expect to see:

• A) rapid growth of neurons in the prefrontal cortex.
• B) inhibition of prefrontal cortex activity.
• C) synaptic pruning in the language-related areas of the cortex.
• D) myelination of the language-related areas of the cortex.

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