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- Title
The Racer's Brain - How Domain Expertise is Reflected in the Neural Substrates of Driving.
- Authors
Lappi, Otto; Tao Liu; Pietrini, Pietro
- Abstract
A fundamental question in human brain plasticity is how sensory, motor, and cognitive functions adapt in the process of skill acquisition extended over a period of many years. Recently, there has emerged a growing interest in cognitive neuroscience on studying the functional and structural differences in the brains of elite athletes. Elite performance in sports, music, or the arts, allows us to observe sensorimotor and cognitive performance at the limits of human capability. In this mini-review, we look at driving expertise. The emerging brain imaging literature on the neural substrates of real and simulated driving is reviewed (for the first time), and used as the context for interpreting recent findings on the differences between racing drivers and non-athlete controls. Also the cognitive psychology and cognitive neuroscience of expertise are discussed.
- Subjects
AUTOMOBILE driving; BRAIN imaging; AUTOMOBILE racing drivers; EXPERTISE; COGNITIVE ability
- Publication
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2015, Vol 9, p1
- ISSN
1662-5161
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3389/fnhum.2015.00635