Temporal and Spatial Dynamics of Brain Structure Changes during Extensive Learning

By Bogdan Draganski, Christian Gaser, Gerd Kempermann, H. Kuhn, Jürgen Winkler, Christian Büchel, Arne May. Journal of Neuroscience, 2006

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Subfields: Cognitive Neuroscience, Developmental and Educational Psychology

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The “online brain”: how the Internet may be changing our cognition (2019, background): “Various sce narios have been observed to induce longterm changes in the neuronal architecture of the human brain, including second language acquisition 5 , learning new motor skills (such as jug gling) 6 , and even formal education or exam preparation 7 .”
Do “Brain-Training” Programs Work? (2016, background): “This specificity of effects tends to hold true for studies of neural plasticity as well; practice effects on neural growth tend to be specific to the neural substrates of the behaviors involved in the practice (Draganski et al., 2006; Draganski & May, 2008; Maguire et al., 2000; Maguire et al., 2003”
Training-induced structural changes in the adult human brain. (2008, background): “Based on evidence from stem cells studies reporting three months needed by newly generated stem cells to differentiate into neurons [25] we decided for the same temporal extend between MRI scans studying longitudinally morphometric changes related to memory and learning [31].”
Intelligence and neural efficiency. (2009, positive): “Recently, Draganski et al. (2006) even found GM increases in bilateral posterior and lateral parietal cortex areas after a three-month learning period of medical students for their medical examination.”
Individual Differences in Marketing Placebo Effects: Evidence from Brain Imaging and Behavioral Experiments (2015, background): “…performed mainly in the motor domain because of the availability of controlled training programs and the easy assessment of behavioral changes, but some studies suggest the existence of similar mechanisms in other domains, such as learning and memory (Draganski et al. 2006; Maguire et al. 2000).”
The Parieto-Frontal Integration Theory (P-FIT) of intelligence: Converging neuroimaging evidence (2007, methodology): “Within individuals, this method would convincingly demonstrate longitudinal changes of cortical structure through scanning on multiple occasions before and after training (Draganski et al. 2004; 2006; Golestani et al. 2002).”
Mindfulness practice leads to increases in regional brain gray matter density (2010, background): “Since it also plays a crucial role in long-term memory consolidation and learning, structural changes might be related to general learning that occurred during theMBSR course analogous to those found in a study ofmedical students learning new information (Draganski et al., 2006).”
The underlying anatomical correlates of long-term meditation: Larger hippocampal and frontal volumes of gray matter (2009, methodology): “Supplemental voxel -based GM volume analysis (local approach): co-varying for age Although meditators and controls were carefully matched for age, we conducted an additional VBM analysis comparing meditators against controls (as described above), while co-varying for age.”
Interactionism in personality and social psychology: An integrated approach to understanding the mind and behaviour (2010, background): “Furthermore, there is evidence that one’s role as a student can impact on brain function with evidence that sitting a medical exam can produce learning-induced changes in the region of the brain involved in memory retrieval and learning (Draganski et al., 2006).”
Growth of language-related brain areas after foreign language learning (2012, background): “Acquiring sensorimotor skills (Draganski et al., 2004) and conceptual knowledge (Draganski et al., 2006) in adulthood alters the human brain's gray matter structure in task-relevant areas, suggesting that adult foreign-language learning may be accompanied by increases of gray matter volume in brain…”
Training-Induced Brain Structure Changes in the Elderly (2008, result): “However, including the data sets of all 44 individuals of the jugglers group did not change the results, but reduced significance.”