Jake suffered a head injury at the age of 2. In spite of his injury, Jake was able to recover most of the abilities that he had before the injury. Which of the following terms is most directly related to Jake's ability to regain these lost functions?
A) the brain growth spurt
B) neural pruning
C) brain plasticity
D) habituation training

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Plasticity is the word used to describe the brain's flexibility in reassigning functions to different regions. When injury occurs early in life - the time of maximum plasticity - control over functions lost due to injury can often be reassigned to different brain regions and functions can be relearned.

Jake Suffered a Head Injury at the Age of 2