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Correlation Between Brain Growth and Cognitive Development

Brain growth spurts experienced during childhood tend to align with Piaget's sequence of cognitive development, such that significant advances in cognitive abilities are accounted for by substantial changes in neural functioning (Kolb & Whishaw, 2009; Overman, Bachevalier, Turner, & Peuster, 1992).

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