pruning

= __Definition__: = The process through which the developing brain eliminates unnecessary or redundant synapses. Gen Psych, CH 2, pp. 56

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= __Analogies__: = Just as a company lays of unnecessary and entry-level workers, the brain rids itself of unnecessary and basic synapses.

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