According to the Focus on Neuroscience Box on the Adolescent

question 41

Multiple Choice

According to the Focus on Neuroscience box on the adolescent brain, from approximately age 6 to adolescence, brain development is characterized by:

• A)minimal change as brain development is essentially complete by early childhood.
• B)a second wave of gray matter overproduction followed by a second round of neuronal pruning.
• C)a doubling of the brain's size and volume.
• D)a large increase in the number of neurons, but a decrease in the number of synaptic connections among neurons.

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Definitions:

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