Author Question: Four-year-old Nakai and his teenage cousin Nascha are both trying to learn American Sign Language. ... (Read 42 times)

sammy · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Four-year-old Nakai and his teenage cousin Nascha are both trying to learn American Sign Language. __________ will find it much easier because __________.

A) Nascha; she has more experience at learning new things.
B) Nascha; she can attach the new information to what she already knows.
C) Nakai; his brain is mostly empty, so he has lots of space for new knowledge.
D) Nakai; his brain is currently undergoing rapid growth in its language centers.

Question 2

The degree to which brain development can be altered by experience is called

A) synaptogenesis.
B) synaptic pruning.
C) vitrification.
D) brain plasticity.