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Behavioral and anatomical consequences of early versus late symbol training in macaques.

ABSTRACT: Distinct brain regions, reproducible from one person to the next, are specialized for processing different kinds of human expertise, such as face recognition and reading. Here, we explore the relationship between age of learning, learning ability, and specialized brain structures. Specifically, we ask whether the existence of reproducible cortical domains necessarily means that certain abilities are innate, or innately easily learned, or whether reproducible domains can be formed, or refined, by interactions between genetic programs and common early experience. Functional MRI showed that intensive early, but not late, experience caused the formation of category-selective regions in macaque temporal lobe for stimuli never naturally encountered by monkeys. And behaviorally, early training produced more fluent processing of these stimuli than the same training in adults. One explanation for these results is that in higher cortical areas, as in early sensory areas, experience drives functional clustering and functional clustering determines how that information is processed.

SUBMITTER: Srihasam K

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3278713 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Behavioral and anatomical consequences of early versus late symbol training in macaques.

Srihasam Krishna K Mandeville Joseph B JB Morocz Istvan A IA Sullivan Kevin J KJ Livingstone Margaret S MS

Neuron 20120201 3

Distinct brain regions, reproducible from one person to the next, are specialized for processing different kinds of human expertise, such as face recognition and reading. Here, we explore the relationship between age of learning, learning ability, and specialized brain structures. Specifically, we ask whether the existence of reproducible cortical domains necessarily means that certain abilities are innate, or innately easily learned, or whether reproducible domains can be formed, or refined, by ...[more]

PMID: 22325210

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Behavioral and anatomical consequences of early versus late symbol training in macaques.

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