Rory works with people who have suffered brain damage, helping them as they try to use different areas of the brain to perform the functions previously performed by the now-damaged areas. Rory's specialty would be best described as

A. brain plasticity.
B. synaptic pruning.
C. neural plate studies.
D. motor skills.


Answer: A

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