Multiple Choice
Research on brain injuries shows that
A) the young brain is completely plastic and, therefore, almost always recovers any abilities lost due to injury.
B) children with early brain injuries show deficits in a wide variety of complex mental abilities during the school years.
C) brain plasticity is restricted to infancy and early childhood due to the rapid production of neurons.
D) the adult brain cannot produce new neurons and, therefore, lacks the plasticity of the young brain.
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