In the Journal of Neuropsychology, You Read a Research Article

question 33

Multiple Choice

In the Journal of Neuropsychology, you read a research article about a study of sprouting in the brains of young children. Sprouting means

• A) the proliferation of connections between the brain hemispheres.
• B) an increase in the types of neurotransmitters in the brain.
• C) the growth of new dendrites.
• D) the pruning back of neural connections.

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