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Plasticity and the older owl

Age reduces the brain's ability to adapt to change. But a surprising measure of neural adaptation does occur, at least in one experimental situation, if change is introduced bit by bit.

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Figure 1: Adult and baby barn owls.

ANNE KNUDSEN & MELANIE CIFERRI

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Parthasarathy, H. Plasticity and the older owl. Nature 419, 258–259 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/419258a

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