Modern Neuroscience Research Has Shown That Learning a New Motor

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Multiple Choice

Modern neuroscience research has shown that learning a new motor skill, such as juggling, and living in an enriched environment:

• A) can make people more right-hemisphere dominant, and thus more creative.
• B) can help shift functions from damaged to undamaged brain regions, a phenomenon called functional plasticity.
• C) will reliably decrease average levels of GABA and acetylcholine.
• D) can affect brain structures, such as the number and shape of neuronal dendrites and axon terminals, and the number of glial cells.

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