Dagny Has Suffered a Brain Injury and Did Extensive Damage

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Multiple Choice

Dagny has suffered a brain injury and did extensive damage to her occipital lobe to the point where she was legally blind.Although her occipital lobe NEVER recovered,she did regain some of her sight,and imaging studies showed that regions of the temporal lobe were now responding to visual environmental stimuli.Dagny's story is an example of

• A) synaptic pruning.
• B) postsynaptic potentials.
• C) neural networks.
• D) neuroplasticity.

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