The Significant Effects of Practice on the Brain

A little practice can change the brain in a lasting way, study finds

ScienceDaily (2011-06-28) -- A little practice goes a long way, according to researchers who have found the effects of practice on the brain have remarkable staying power. The study found that when participants were shown visual patterns--faces, which are highly familiar objects, and abstract patterns, which are much less frequently encountered -- they were able to retain very specific information about those patterns one to two years later. ... > read full article