Can Literacy Change Brain Anatomy?: A Special Issue Of The International Journal Of Psychology (special Issues Of The International Journal Of Psychology) (v. 39, Issue 2)
by Feggy Ostrosky-Solis /
2006 / English / PDF
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Several studies have suggested that education and/or literacy may protect not only against the effects of biological aging but also against the clinical manifestation of cerebral neuropathology. In clinical neuro-psychology, much debate has centered on whether the brain is more likely to degenerate as a result of overuse or underuse. There is a popular belief that an active mental life may delay the cognitive deterioration associated with normal aging.
