Which of the Following Is a Myth About Brain Plasticity

question 93

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a myth about brain plasticity across the lifespan?

• A) Most forgetting occurs later in life.
• B) Adult brains form no new cells.
• C) Neurogenesis occurs across the lifespan.
• D) Environmental conditions play a large role in neurogenesis.

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Definitions:

Inferential Statistic

A set of mathematical procedures that allows researchers to infer or draw conclusions about a population based on sample data.

Response Time

The amount of time taken to respond to a specific stimulus or event.

Spatial Task

A task that requires the individual to navigate, manipulate, or understand spatial relationships among objects or in an environment.

Sampling Bias

A bias in which certain members of a population are systematically more likely to be selected in a sample than others, skewing the results.