Blane Deals with People Who Have Suffered Some Sort of Brain

question 94

Multiple Choice

Blane deals with people who have suffered some sort of brain damage, helping them try to use different areas of the brain that perform functions that were previously performed by the areas that are now damaged. Blane's specialty would be best described as

• A)brain plasticity.
• B)synaptic pruning.
• C)neural plate studies.
• D)motor skills.

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