Please provide links to where I can find proof of your claim... This if for an essay I'm writing, and, so far, I've found no results which are helpful...
Thanks in advance to all who help...
2006-09-16 17:47:41 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
no, learnimg takes place at a molecular level ... nothing visible like wrinkles or folds in the brain
2006-09-16 17:50:09 · answer #1 · answered by Jim 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's pretty much common sense that it's not true, because old people's brains look just like younger people's brains, and they should have learned alot more. (I've dissected cadavers.) The point is that wrinkles in the brain are simply to provide more surface area. New memories don't change the anatomical structure of the brain. I know this for a fact as I have studied gross anatomy, neuroscience, and human structure and function, but lemme see if I can scrounge up a few websites that refute this claim as well..
http://www.azcentral.com/news/columns/articles/0205clay05.html
Well, that's the only one I could find, but someone else asked this question, and one of the guys answered it rather well. He said that the anatomy doesn't change, but you use your brain at a higher capacity. The answer chosen by the asker is incorrect, but here it is: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20060628101853AAJ4JZx
2006-09-16 17:55:39 · answer #2 · answered by Amanda 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutly not. The "wrinkles" you refer to are fissures and gyri and are only present as they increase the surface area of your brain, allowing for, simply put, more brain to fit in your skull. There are several models for cognitive development that allow us to understand the physiology behind learning, but these models, while useful do not definitavely identify what is technically happening. These models are more useful in allowing us to present the science of learning in a manner that is "user friendly" Two models you may find helpful are the theory of spreading activation; and the modal model of memory.
2006-09-16 17:55:39 · answer #3 · answered by u_maine_black_bear 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, and I do not need to provide a link for such a question. I would think typing in neurology, or neurobiology would suffice.
2006-09-16 17:52:25 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
YES they do get wrinkles,MY brain has so many wrinkles tho, i for got where i read it.
2006-09-16 17:51:46 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no
2006-09-16 17:55:04 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO
2006-09-16 18:34:14 · answer #7 · answered by pelister56 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋