Research Has Found That Guitarists Have Much Larger Motor Cortices

question 64

Multiple Choice

Research has found that guitarists have much larger motor cortices in the hemisphere controlling the hand that does the fingering. The most likely cause of this increase in brain area is that guitarists play so much that they:

• A) strengthen existing synaptic connections
• B) create more synaptic connections
• C) increase the size of the temporal cortex
• D) increase the size of the somatosensory area

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