When Babies Engage in Physical Activity or Use Language, Some

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Multiple Choice

When babies engage in physical activity or use language, some synaptic connections will be strengthened, while the unused ones will be replaced by other pathways or disappear. A neuroscientist would identify this process as

• A) pruning.
• B) myelination.
• C) paring.
• D) lateralization.

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