Philip Shaw and colleagues in 2006 demonstrated that the brains of highly intelligent children, as compared to the brains of children with average intelligence, have a

A. thinner cortex at age 19.
B. thicker frontal cortex at age seven.
C. thinner cortex at age nine.
D. thicker frontal cortex at mid-adolescence.


Answer: D

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