Measuring Grey Matter Differences with Voxel-based Morphometry: The Musical Brain

Source: Laboratories of Jonas T. Kaplan and Sarah I. Gimbel—University of Southern California

Experience shapes the brain. It is well understood that our brains are different as a result of learning. While many experience-related changes manifest themselves at the microscopic level, for example by...

Our brains are shaped by experiences, resulting in changes in cortical volume.

For instance, certain proficiencies, like learning and mastering a second language, have been shown to increase the density of gray matter, where cell bodies reside, particularly in structures such as the frontal lobe.

Before modern advances, to measure a ...