Improvement of Fine Motor Skills During Middle and Late Childhood

question 70

Multiple Choice

Improvement of fine motor skills during middle and late childhood is likely a result of:

• A)increased myelination of the central nervous system.
• B)the proliferation of neuron circuits in the brain.
• C)an increase in the neurotransmitter dopamine.
• D)a simultaneous process in which axons in the brain die off,while dendrites in the brain grow and branch out.

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