Dagny has suffered a brain injury and did extensive damage to her occipital lobe to the point where she was legally blind.Although her occipital lobe NEVER recovered,she did regain some of her sight,and imaging studies showed that regions of the temporal lobe were now responding to visual environmental stimuli.Dagny's story is an example of
A) synaptic pruning.
B) postsynaptic potentials.
C) neural networks.
D) neuroplasticity.

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Dagny's ability to regain some of her sight despite damage to her occipital lobe demonstrates neuroplasticity, or the brain's ability to reorganize and form new neural connections in response to injury or experience. The fact that regions of her temporal lobe are now responding to visual stimuli suggests that this area has taken on some visual processing functions that were lost due to the occipital lobe damage.

Dagny Has Suffered a Brain Injury and Did Extensive Damage