The process of synaptic pruning occurs most often __________
a. during early childhood into adolescence
b. during mid-late adolescence and into adulthood
c. after steep increases in synaptic density during toddlerhood and early adolescence
d. during toddlerhood and in late adulthood
Answer: C
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