Your friend is trying to teach you how to play guitar. You've taken a few lessons with them already and they are now trying to show you how to play a new chord. You watch them play the chord a few times before picking up your own guitar and trying it yourself. You strum the strings with your right hand, meaning you use the fingers on your left hand to manipulate the strings on the guitar neck. What phenomenon can account for the physical changes in the brain that could result from extensive practice of guitar playing?
A)reuptake
B)generalization
C)somatic transfer
D)neural plasticity
E)modelling

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Neural plasticity is the phenomenon that accounts for the physical changes in the brain resulting from extensive practice of activities such as guitar playing. It refers to the brain's ability to change and adapt as a result of experience and learning.

Your Friend Is Trying to Teach You How to Play