Multiple Choice
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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