Episode about The brain can unlock true multitasking after intensive training

Research completed for: The brain can unlock true multitasking after intensive training

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Georgetown University neuroscientists (lead author: *needs verification – press release cites Dr. S. J. Remington and Dr. Peter E. Turkeltaub*) used high-resolution fMRI and electroencephalography to show that, after hundreds of practice trials, the neural control of a task migrates from the prefrontal executive areas to sensorimotor circuits and the basal ganglia. Once a skill is ‘proceduralized’, it runs on automatic pilot with minimal demand on the central executive network, freeing cognitive

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