Does puberty mark a transition in sensitive periods for plasticity in the associative neocortex?
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DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2016.08.042
Abstract: Postnatal brain development is studded with sensitive periods during which experience dependent plasticity is enhanced. This enables rapid learning from environmental inputs and reorganization of cortical circuits that matches behavior with environmental contingencies. Significant headway… read more here.
Keywords: transition; sensitive periods; associative neocortex; biology ... See more keywords