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ReviewCognitive neuroscience2017

How changes in white matter might underlie improved reaction time due to practice.

Pascale Voelker, Denise Piscopo, Aldis P Weible, Gary Lynch, Mary K Rothbart, Michael I Posner, Cristopher M Niell

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Review in Cognitive neuroscience, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Neural correlates of cognitive processing in monolinguals and bilinguals.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2017
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  6. Developing brain networks of attention.Current opinion in pediatrics · 2016
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Pascale Voelkera Department of Psychology , University of Oregon , Eugene , OR , USA.
Denise Piscopob Department of Biology , University of Oregon , Eugene , OR , USA.
Aldis P Weibleb Department of Biology , University of Oregon , Eugene , OR , USA.
Gary Lynchd Department of Neurobiology and Behavior UC Irvine , Irvine , CA , USA.
Mary K Rothbarta Department of Psychology , University of Oregon , Eugene , OR , USA.
Michael I Posnera Department of Psychology , University of Oregon , Eugene , OR , USA.
Cristopher M Niellb Department of Biology , University of Oregon , Eugene , OR , USA.

Funding

The Emergence of Self-Control: Comparative Beh. and Neurobiological AssessmentsP01HD060563 · NICHD · GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY · PI POSNER, MICHAEL I · 2010 to 2014
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NICHD NIH HHS P01 HD060563
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Why does training on a task reduce the reaction time for performing it? New research points to changes in white matter pathways as one likely mechanism. These pathways connect remote brain areas involved in performing the task. Genetic variations may be involved in individual differences in the extent of this improvement. If white matter change is involved in improved reaction time with training, it may point the way toward understanding where and how generalization occurs. We examine the hypothesis that brain pathways shared by different tasks may result in improved performance of cognitive tasks remote from the training.

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Practice, PsychologicalHumansPsychomotor PerformanceReaction TimeTransfer, PsychologyWhite MatterAttention networksConflict tasksEpigeneticGenesTransfer

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PMID27064751
PMCPMC5612496

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