Landmark papers in 2005 and 2009 provided the first evidence of links between development, training, and white-matter plasticity in humans, contributing to a shift in our understanding of brain wiring that has inspired fundamental research into the role of genes, the environment, and the mechanisms underlying training-related plasticity.
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Steele, C.J., Zatorre, R.J. Practice makes plasticity. Nat Neurosci 21, 1645–1646 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41593-018-0280-4
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