Response of the brain to enrichment

Before 1960, the brain was considered by scientists to be immutable, subject only to genetic control. In the early sixties, however, investigators were seriously speculating that environmental influences might be capable of altering brain structure. By 1964, two research laboratories proved that the...

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Main Author: MARIAN C. DIAMOND
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Ciências 2001-06-01
Series:Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652001000200006