During adolescence neurological overproduction or exuberance occurs throughout the brain; however, it is especially pronounced in the ____

a. frontal cortex
b. occipital lobe
c. primary motor cortex
d. hypothalamus


A. Overproduction of synaptic connections occurs in many parts of the brain but is especially concentrated in the frontal lobes(Keating, 2004).

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