Uncommitted Areas of the Brain Provide Infants with the Capacity

question 22

Multiple Choice

Uncommitted areas of the brain provide infants with the capacity to develop brain circuits that grow and change depending upon the experiences infants encounter as they develop. These un- committed areas permit ____________, and depend heavily on experience-dependent processes.

• A)developmental plasticity
• B)evolutionary stability
• C)synaptic pruning
• D)hormonal regulation

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