Juliana Began Taking Violin Lessons as a Young Child

Multiple Choice

Juliana began taking violin lessons as a young child. As a teenager she participated in a research study in which MRI scans of teenagers who had played the violin for several years were compared to MRI scans of other teenagers who had never played a musical instrument. The MRI scans of the teenage violinists showed that brain regions devoted to control of the fine muscles of the hands and fingers were larger in the teenage musicians than in the nonmusicians. This example illustrates the important phenomenon of:

A) muscular atrophy.
B) structural plasticity.
C) lateralization of function.
D) myelin regrowth.