Experiments Assessing the Causal Relationship Between Brain Maturation and Social-Emotional

question 265

Multiple Choice

Experiments assessing the causal relationship between brain maturation and social-emotional behaviour:

• A) demonstrate changes in the corpus callosum that are responsible for an increase in self-control.
• B) demonstrate changes in white matter that are responsible for an increase in self-control.
• C) do not specify the neurological mechanisms underlying changes in adolescent behaviour.
• D) demonstrate changes in the frontal cortex that are responsible for an increase in self-control.

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