Your neighbor has a five-year-old son. He has been taking him to story time at the library, but his son is having a very difficult time sitting, even for 10 minutes. You know his son's brain is still maturing and has not fully developed
Different areas of the brain develop at different times. Such areas are the prefrontal cortex, reticular formation, hippocampus, and the corpus callosum. His son should be able to sit through the entire story time once his _______________ develops more fully.
reticular formation
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hippocampus
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corpus callosum
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cerebellum
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reticular formation
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