Does practice shape the brain?
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There is little evidence for correlations between the age at which musicians first began to play an instrument and the strength of cortical activation in response to piano tunes in adults. Two-tailed tests do not reveal statistically significant correlations. Furthermore, correlation does not indicate causation. It is important to be aware that musical tuition in very young children is very frequently association with a high level of parental musical ability. It is possible that only children with a specific form of cortical response to musical sounds are able to learn an instrument at a very early age. This response may have an inherited element.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1998
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Brain-drain warning over UK lab facilities
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It is vital that the UK does not waste the great potential of young scientists wishing to undertake high-level research, according to Baroness Blackstone, minister in the Dept for Education and Employment. She feels that research facilities must be improved if science graduates are to be encouraged to remain in the UK, rather than taking up research posts in the US. She supports the dual-support system, under which financial responsibility for university research is split between the universities and the research council.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1998
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Awakening the brain
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D.S. Barth and K.D. MacDonald, 1996, show that the intralaminar nuclear complex coordinates activity of different cortical areas, and serves as the underlying neural pathway of sleep and wakefulness. The thalamic intralaminar nuclei receive inputs from several sensory modalities. Synchronization of thalmocortical systems through the intralaminar nuclei leads to fast waves over the cerebral cortex during sleep and wakefulness.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1996
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