Using MRI scans from over 1,000 children, adolescents, and young adults, the PING study showed that the surface area of the cortex __________.
A. shrinks between early and middle childhood
B. stays the same between early and middle childhood
C. increases between early childhood and middle childhood in areas involving executive functions, language, and memory
D. increases between early childhood and adolescence without beginning to contract
Answer: C
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