Learning a New Language During Adulthood Alters Activity in the Brain's

question 23

Multiple Choice

Learning a new language during adulthood alters activity in the brain's language processing locations by

• A) altering synaptic effectiveness in these locations.
• B) increasing the rate of mitosis in these locations.
• C) inhibiting synapses that work in the previously learned language.
• D) causing established neurons to produce different neurotransmitter molecules.
• E) forming electrical synapses between cells.

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