Increasing age interferes with the brain's ability to recover from injury because
A. brain plasticity is best in middle age.
B. the brain repairs itself best in childhood and adolescence.
C. brain plasticity disappears entirely by emerging adulthood.
D. None of these choices are correct.
Answer: B
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