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Although people typically think of the brain as fully formed or "static" by adulthood, it actually has the ability to change in response to new experiences by strengthening some neural connections, pruning others, or reorganizing itself. This property is called _________.

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User Dreab
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Neuroplasticity

Step-by-step explanation:

Neuroplasticity is the ability that our brains have to change some characteristics through lifetime. This change is the result of the exposure to new experiences and stimuli, by generating new synapsis (connections between neurons), also can eliminate some of them or strength them too.

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