Education as Brain Training – Structural Plasticity Following Language Learning (SummerFest 2016)

Dr. Johan Martensson

 

Speaker: Dr. Johan MARTENSSON, Department of psychology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
Time: 14:00-17:00
Venue: Lecture Theatre 1, Meng Wah Complex, HKU

Abstract

Learning can and will effect our brain structure in different ways. This talk will focus on two language based intervention programs; (1) high intensity training of Swedish Army interpreters and (2) software enhanced learning in a more traditional setting of low intensity Italian studies. Both studies feature longitudinal neuroimaging using Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI).