Modulation of practice-dependent plasticity in default brain functionality in child abacus experts

摘要：

In this study,we want to explore whether default functionality of the children brain is functionally reorganized by longtime special practice.Two groups of children were studied: child abacus experts and control.The brain activations were measured by using functional MRI during performance mental calculation.In both groups,this task normally produces task-independent decreases(TID)relative to a baseline of passive fixating a white point.Our results indicate that longtime practice of abacus mental calculation does not change the network of default mode but it modulates the degree of the deactivation.The degree of brain deactivation in child abacus experts is much lower than the control children during performance of mental calculation.

作者: Feiyan Chen Yuzheng Hu Jian Huang Lixia Tao Xiaowei Tang

作者单位: Bio-X Laboratory,Department of Physics Department of Psychology and Behavior Science,Zhejiang Univer Bio-X Laboratory,Department of Physics

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: 2008亚太心智、脑和教育学术会议(Asia-Pacific Conference on Mind Brain and Education 2008)

会议地点: 南京

会议语种:英文

页码: 154-155

在线出版日期: 2008-10-25（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）