Scans show learning 'sculpts' the brain's connections

Friday, October 9, 2009 - 09:56 in Psychology & Sociology

St. Louis, Oct. 8, 2009 -- Spontaneous brain activity formerly thought to be "white noise" measurably changes after a person learns a new task, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the University of Chieti, Italy, have shown.

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