Increased gray matter density in the parietal cortex of mathematicians: A voxel-based morphometry study
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF NEURORADIOLOGY, vol.28, no.10, pp.1859-1864, 2007 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 28 Issue: 10
- Publication Date: 2007
- Doi Number: 10.3174/ajnr.a0696
- Journal Name: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF NEURORADIOLOGY
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Page Numbers: pp.1859-1864
- Istanbul University Affiliated: No
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The training to acquire or practicing to perform a skill, which may lead to structural changes in the brain, is called experience-dependent structural plasticity. The main purpose of this cross-sectional study was to investigate the presence of experience-dependent structural plasticity in mathematicians' brains, which may develop after long-term practice of mathematic thinking.