When Babies Engage in Physical Activity or Use Language, Some

question 48

Multiple Choice

When babies engage in physical activity or use language, some synaptic connections will be strengthened, while the unused ones are replaced by other pathways or disappear. A neuroscientist would identify this process as:

• A) pruning.
• B) myelination.
• C) paring.
• D) trimming.

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