According to the Focus on Neuroscience Box on the Adolescent

Multiple Choice

According to the Focus on Neuroscience box on the adolescent brain, from approximately age six to adolescence, brain development is characterized by:

A) minimal change, as brain development is essentially complete by early childhood.
B) a second wave of gray matter overproduction followed by a second round of neuronal pruning.
C) a doubling of the brain's size and volume.
D) a large increase in the number of neurons but a decrease in the number of synaptic connections among neurons.