Recently,in Florida,a 7-year-old girl was found to have suffered much of the same types of neglect and abuse that Genie suffered,as described in your text.Given the Florida girl's age,you would expect that she:
A) will also not recover, as the brain is set in infancy and cannot be changed
B) might have slightly more recovery than Genie because the Florida girl is quite a bit younger than Genie was when she was found
C) is likely to completely recover because the brain is not set until the teen years
D) unlike Genie, will definitely recover because we are much better at repairing the brain today
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