Livingston, Margaret
<p>Apr 28, 2016 09:46 AM</p>
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see her talk today here for SNI at Noon (Thursday in Clark Aud)</p>
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Abstract:</p>
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There are <b>distinct regions of the brain,</b> reproducible from one person to the next, specialized for processing <b>the most universal forms of human expertise</b>. </p>
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What is the relationship between <b>behavioral expertise and dedicated brain structures?</b> </p>
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<b>Do reproducible brain structures mean only certain abilities are innate, or easily learned,</b> OR <b> does intensive early experience influence the emergence of expertise and/or dedicated brain circuits</b>? </p>
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We found that <b>intensive early, but not late, experience influences the formation of category-selective modules in macaque temporal lobe,</b> both for natural stimuli and for stimuli never naturally encountered by monkeys. </p>
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This suggests that, as in early sensory areas, <b>experience can drive functional segregation</b> and that this <b>segregation may determine how that information is processed.</b>
The pattern of <b>novel domain formation in symbol-trained monkeys</b> indicates the existence of a <b>proto-architecture that governs where experience can exert its effects on brain organization</b>.</p>
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