While observing brain activity, Dr. Ogama proclaims, "This brain is definitely experiencing a downsizing in the number of connections between neurons." This indicates that the brain Dr. Ogama is studying is undergoing
A) synaptic pruning.
B) motion parallax.
C) cephalocaudal development.
D) dendritic expansion.

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Synaptic pruning is the process by which extra neurons and synaptic connections are eliminated in order to increase the efficiency of neuronal transmissions. This matches Dr. Ogama's observation of a reduction in connections between neurons.

While Observing Brain Activity, Dr