Multiple Choice
Which of the following statements is NOT true regarding the dramatic changes in the brain during adolescence?
A) The brain as a whole undergoes pruning of brain cells and a thinning of the cortex.
B) Considerable asynchrony among the different lobes is apparent in early adolescence, around age 13 to 14, with greater synchrony appearing at about age 17 to 18.
C) Waves of hormones wash over the amygdala, the site of emotion and anxiety.
D) The result of the changes during adolescence is a disorganized brain with less information-processing capacity.
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