A Focus on Neuroscience Section in the Text Describes a Research

question 52

Multiple Choice

A Focus on Neuroscience section in the text describes a research study involving participants who learned how to juggle. What was the purpose of the study?

• A) to test the effects of enriched environments on balance and motor skills
• B) to compare the motor skills of jugglers versus nonjugglers
• C) to determine whether learning a new skill caused structural changes in the brain
• D) to determine whether juggling involves primarily the left or the right cerebral hemisphere

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