Friday, October 27, 2017

Researchers find shifting relationship between flexibility, modularity in the brain

10/27/2017 08:57 AM EDT

measures of flexibility in the human brain

A Rice University study has found negative correlation between flexibility and modularity in the brain. Understanding how they interact is essential to the advance of neuroscience, the researchers said. Flexibility allows for better performance on complex tasks, and modularity allows proficiency on simple tasks.


Full story at http://news.rice.edu/2017/10/19/tangled-up-in-gray-2/

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