Fiber connections of the brain passing through the Hippocampus and associated with the retrieval of numeric facts. Media-based training strengthened the conductivity of the fibers connected to long-term memory. Figure: Leibniz-Institut für Wissensmedien (IWM)
Tübingen scientists have observed how fast the brain can adapt. Researchers at the Leibniz-Institutes für Wissensmedien (IWM) and of the Graduate School and Research Network LEAD at the University of Tübingen now found out: Short and intensive arithmetic training strengthens the neuronal connections between brain regions in adults. This neuronal plasticity through numerical learning was already detectable after only five training sessions. Results of the study have been published in the renowned journal "Cortex" No matter whether a person learns new knowledge or a new body movement - synapses, nerve cell connections and entire brain areas, i.e. the function and structure of the brain, do always change. The human brain remains "plastic" for a lifetime, i.e. it is able to change. Researchers led by Dr. Dr. Elise Klein at the Leibniz-Institut für Wissensmedien (IWM) have investigated functional and structural changes of the brain as consequence of media-based numerical learning. It seems obvious that arithmetic training has an impact on our ability to calculate.
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