According to Focus on Neuroscience: Juggling and Brain Plasticity, a study investigating how long it takes for learning a new task to translate into changes in the brain detected tiny structural changes in the _____ after participants spent _____ playing a new video game.
A) hypothalamus; seven days
B) amygdala; three months
C) cerebellum; seven weeks
D) hippocampus; two hours

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The study detected tiny structural changes in the hippocampus after participants spent two hours playing a new video game, indicating that learning a new task can translate into changes in the brain in a relatively short amount of time. Choices A, B, and C are incorrect because they either refer to different brain regions or longer timeframes than what was found in the study.

According to Focus on Neuroscience: Juggling and Brain Plasticity, a Study