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Wednesday, December 15th, 2010 12:44 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rolanniFighter pilots may owe their ability to perform under pressure to the way their brains are wired-up, scans suggest.
The study found differences in the white matter and connections of the brain's right hemisphere, compared with healthy volunteers who were not pilots.
and...
The findings suggested that optimal cognitive control is accompanied by structural alterations in the brain - not only are the relevant areas of the brain larger but connections between key areas are different, he said.
He told the BBC: "An interesting question is whether these pilots were born like that - and so are good as pilots - or have done this through training.
"There's a suggestion it may be they are born like that."
The whole story here
The study found differences in the white matter and connections of the brain's right hemisphere, compared with healthy volunteers who were not pilots.
and...
The findings suggested that optimal cognitive control is accompanied by structural alterations in the brain - not only are the relevant areas of the brain larger but connections between key areas are different, he said.
He told the BBC: "An interesting question is whether these pilots were born like that - and so are good as pilots - or have done this through training.
"There's a suggestion it may be they are born like that."
The whole story here
