Training, Experience Can Change How Brains Work

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The study results "show how the brain filters information from different senses is very flexible and adaptive and changes with the demands of the task at hand. Additionally, how this operates can change with highly specialized training and experience," Hairston said.

The study was presented Sunday at the Society for Neuroscience annual meeting in San Diego.

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