The Neural "Pruning" That Takes Place During Infancy and Toddlerhood

question 37

Multiple Choice

The neural "pruning" that takes place during infancy and toddlerhood results in:

• A) a loss of about 10% in the weight of the typical brain
• B) a loss of many of the neural connections that were present at birth
• C) severing the connection between left and right hemispheres that was present during the prenatal period of development
• D) the near-total separation of the brain's cortex and other brain structures that lie below it

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