While the Adolescent Brain Maintains Its Basic Structures, It Also

question 7

Multiple Choice

While the adolescent brain maintains its basic structures, it also

• A) prunes unused neural connections and strengthens others.
• B) continues to build new neural connections and decreases the rate of myelination.
• C) shows a decrease in synapses between neurons in the brain.
• D) shows an overproduction of synapses and stops synaptic pruning.
• E) increases the rate of myelination, without building new neural connections.

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