Comments on: And Then Our Tools Shape Us… http://www.hg2s.com/blog/2009/07/10/and-then-our-tools-shape-us/ Ranting & Raving on Instructional Design, Education & Technical Training Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:39:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jack McShea http://www.hg2s.com/blog/2009/07/10/and-then-our-tools-shape-us/comment-page-1/#comment-27 Jack McShea Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:24:43 +0000 http://www.hg2s.com/blog/?p=660#comment-27 In an interesting related note, researchers have observed that changes to the connections in the brain form almost immediately during motor learning: "The researchers studied mice as they were trained to reach through a slot to get a seed. They observed rapid growth of structures that form connections (called synapses) between nerve cells in the motor cortex, the brain layer that controls muscle movements. "'We found very quick and robust synapse formation almost immediately, within one hour of the start of training,' said Yi Zuo, assistant professor of molecular, cell and developmental biology at UCSC." ScienceDaily (Nov. 30, 2009) http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091129153359.htm In an interesting related note, researchers have observed that changes to the connections in the brain form almost immediately during motor learning:

“The researchers studied mice as they were trained to reach through a slot to get a seed. They observed rapid growth of structures that form connections (called synapses) between nerve cells in the motor cortex, the brain layer that controls muscle movements.

“‘We found very quick and robust synapse formation almost immediately, within one hour of the start of training,’ said Yi Zuo, assistant professor of molecular, cell and developmental biology at UCSC.”

ScienceDaily (Nov. 30, 2009)
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091129153359.htm

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