The belief that the brain cannot regenerate or develop new neurons
a) was proven true recently through the use of PET scans.
b) is still up for debate.
c) was proven false by the discovery that encoding large amounts of information into memory causes new neurons to grow in the hippocampus.
d) was proven false by the discovery that the corpus callosum can regenerate following split brain surgery.
ANS: c
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