At 70 Years Old, Alice Decided to Take Up Juggling

question 483

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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