The process of synaptic pruning occurs most often __________
a. during early childhood into adolescence
b. during mid-late adolescence and into adulthood
c. after steep increases in synaptic density during toddlerhood and early adolescence
d. during toddlerhood and in late adulthood
Answer: C
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A. processing visual information. B. regulating metabolic processes and other activities of the autonomic nervous system. C. regulating respiration and spatial understanding. D. mediating higher cognitive functions, attention, and emotional states.
Gary likes to spread butter on crackers and eat them as a snack. When Jackie sees the butter her stomach becomes upset. Before long, the sight of Gary causes her stomach to become upset. Gary likes Jackie so he stops eating crackers with butter and Jackie agrees to start seeing him again. One day for no apparent reason, when Jackie sees Gary her stomach gets very upset. The latest stomach upset can be explained by:
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