Learning Can Change Your Brain In Just One Hour

Learning can change the physical structure of the brain within hours. The finding is remarkable because neuroplasticity — the brain’s ability to reorganise itself — was thought to be a much slower process. Brain scans have now revealed that areas of the parietal cortex can change within hours. The findings also suggest that memories are stored locally, rather than in ‘memory banks’. The study involved people being given a type of brain scan called diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging...