Juliana Began Taking Violin Lessons as a Young Child

question 13

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 thefine muscles of the hands and fingers were larger in the teenage musicians than in the nonmusicians. This example illustratesthe important phenomenon of:

• A)functional plasticity.
• B)structural plasticity.
• C)lateralization of function.
• D)myelin regrowth.

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Definitions:

Strategic Management

The method of creating, executing, and assessing interdisciplinary decisions that help an organization fulfill its goals.

Just-in-time Scheduling

A production strategy that reduces inventory costs by receiving goods only as they are needed for the production process.

Economic Order Quantity

Is a model used in inventory management to determine the optimal order size that minimizes the total holding costs and ordering costs.

Management by Objectives

Management by objectives is a strategic management model where goals are defined for each employee and performance is assessed based on these goals.