According to the Focus on Neuroscience Box on the Adolescent

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Multiple Choice

According to the Focus on Neuroscience box on the adolescent brain, from approximately age six 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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