Dr.Rudenko transplants a part of someone's visual cortex into that person's somatosensory cortex in order to replace damaged neurons in that area.Because she did this during a critically sensitive period,the cells adapted to their new location and began to function as somatosensory cells.Dr.Rudenko has taken advantage of the _____ of brain cells.
A)modifiability
B)compensation
C)neonatal automaticity
D)neurogenesis

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Dr. Rudenko has taken advantage of the modifiability of brain cells, which refers to the brain's ability to adapt and change in response to new experiences or stimuli. In this case, the transplanted visual cortex cells adapted to their new location and began to function as somatosensory cells. Compensation refers to the brain's ability to reroute certain functions to other areas in response to damage or injury, but in this case, the cells were deliberately transplanted. Neonatal automaticity refers to the automatic, instinctive behaviors demonstrated by newborns, and neurogenesis refers to the process of generating new neurons in the brain, neither of which are relevant to the scenario described.

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