Practice makes plasticity

Christopher J Steele^{1

2}, Robert J Zatorre³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychology, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
² Department of Neurology, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany.
³ Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. robert.zatorre@mcgill.ca.

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Christopher J Steele et al. Nat Neurosci. 2018 Dec.

. 2018 Dec;21(12):1645-1646.

doi: 10.1038/s41593-018-0280-4.

Christopher J Steele^{1

2}, Robert J Zatorre³

¹ Department of Psychology, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
² Department of Neurology, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany.
³ Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. robert.zatorre@mcgill.ca.

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Extensive piano practicing has regionally specific effects on white matter development.
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Training induces changes in white-matter architecture.
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