Reorganization and plastic changes of the human brain associated with skill learning and expertise

Novel experience and learning new skills are known as modulators of brain function. Advances in non-invasive brain imaging have provided new insight into structural and functional reorganization associated with skill learning and expertise. Especially, significant imaging evidences come from the domains of sports and music. Data from in vivo imaging studies in sports and music have provided vital information on plausible neural substrates contributing to brain reorganization underlying skill acquisition in humans. This mini review will attempt to take a narrow snapshot of imaging findings demonstrating functional and structural plasticity that mediate skill learning and expertise while identifying converging areas of interest and possible avenues for future research.

• Publication year

  2014

• Venue

  Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

• Publication date

  2014-02-04

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Psychology

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.3389/fnhum.2014.00035PMID 24550812PMCID 3912552
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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