week 12 Flashcards
1
Q
in a study, elder volunteers who juggled showed….? this means?
A
transient increases in gray matter in the hippocampus on the left side and in the nucleus accumbens bilaterally.
data suggest that the human brain, even in older age, maintains its capacity to change its structure according to learning or exercise demands.
OAs who learn new tasks show changes in the structure of the brain, however the effect is transient.
