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Age-related Aspects of Experience Effects upon Brain Structure

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Because this chapter appears in a book oriented primarily toward researchers in human development, we should point out that many of its major points would be considered speculative by neuroscientists. Interpretations placed on the data described below are not invariably those of the authors of the original papers.

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Greenough, W.T., Schwark, H.D. (1984). Age-related Aspects of Experience Effects upon Brain Structure. In: Emde, R.N., Harmon, R.J. (eds) Continuities and Discontinuities in Development. Topics in Developmental Psychobiology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2725-7_4

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