In most cases, children recover from brain injuries more rapidly than adults do. One reason for this difference is that children's brains have more ________________ than adults' brains do.
a. plasticity.
b. modular flexibility.
c. elasticity.
d. cortical adaptation.
Ans: a. plasticity.
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