When Babies Engage in Physical Activity or Use Language, Some

question 109

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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