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- Title
Changes in gray matter induced by learning--revisited.
- Authors
Driemeyer, Joenna; Boyke, Janina; Gaser, Christian; Büchel, Christian; May, Arne
- Abstract
Recently, activation-dependant structural brain plasticity in humans has been demonstrated in adults after three months of training a visio-motor skill. Learning three-ball cascade juggling was associated with a transient and highly selective increase in brain gray matter in the occipito-temporal cortex comprising the motion sensitive area hMT/V5 bilaterally. However, the exact time-scale of usage-dependant structural changes occur is still unknown. A better understanding of the temporal parameters may help to elucidate to what extent this type of cortical plasticity contributes to fast adapting cortical processes that may be relevant to learning.
- Publication
PloS one, 2008, Vol 3, Issue 7, pe2669
- ISSN
1932-6203
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0002669