At 70 years old, Alice decided to take up juggling. According to research described in a Focus on Neuroscience feature in Chapter 2, what kind of brain changes might result from Alice's new hobby?
A) increased complexity in the corpus callosum
B) gray matter increases in brain regions involved in perceiving and anticipating complex visual motions
C) damage to the cerebellum
D) No changes would result; plasticity has not been demonstrated in the aging brain.
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Q421: The notion of structural plasticity:
A) has been
Q422: In studies with primates, specifically adult macaque
Q423: Functional plasticity:
A) refers to the brain's ability
Q424: Diffusion spectrum imaging tracks:
A) changes in blood
Q425: Diffusion spectrum imaging can produce three-dimensional images
Q427: A Focus on Neuroscience section in the
Q428: A new brain-scanning technique called diffusion spectrum
Q429: The brain's ability to physically change in
Q430: A Focus on Neuroscience section in the
Q431: Which of the following best defines neurogenesis?
A)
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