Multiple Choice
While the adolescent brain maintains its basic structures, it also
A) prunes unused neural connections and strengthens others.
B) continues to build new neural connections and decreases the rate of myelination.
C) shows a decrease in synapses between neurons in the brain.
D) shows an overproduction of synapses and stops synaptic pruning.
E) increases the rate of myelination, without building new neural connections.
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