Neuroscientists Now Believe That Play Appears to Help

question 91

Multiple Choice

Neuroscientists now believe that play appears to help:

• A)young children increase their memory capacity.
• B)prevent learning disabilities in middle-age children.
• C)children skip one of Piaget's stages of cognitive development if the play involves problem-solving.
• D)the process of pruning brain synapses during childhood.

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