Grey matter volume differences of textual memorization: a voxel based morphometry study
Textual memorization involves intensive memorization techniques and processes, including repetition, rehearsal, and retrieval. Yet, little is known about the possible effects of this robust memorization training on brain structures. Therefore, this study was designed to investigate the presence of s...
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| author | Sapuan, Abdul Halim Mustofa, Nur Shahieda Che Azemin, Mohd Zulfaezal Abdul Majid, Zafri Azran Jamaludin, Iqbal |
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| description | Textual memorization involves intensive memorization techniques and processes, including repetition, rehearsal, and retrieval. Yet, little is known about the possible effects of this robust memorization training on brain structures. Therefore, this study was designed to investigate the presence of structural plasticity in the brain, which may develop after long-term practice of textual memorization techniques. The subjects are a group of huffaz who underwent one year of textual memory training. Twenty-eight volunteers (14 males) were enrolled in this study. Brain images of the subjects were obtained by employing 1.5 Tesla MRI and 3D-MPRAGE imaging sequence. Voxel-based morphometry was applied to assess the gray matter volume differences in the memorizers and the control subjects. The current study found that gray matter volume in the anterior cingulate gyrus, orbitofrontal cortex, left inferior temporal gyrus, right occipitotemporal gyrus, left inferior parietal gyrus, right perirhenal cortex, superior parietal cortex, posterior cingulate cortex and anterior cingulate cortex of the memorizers were significantly increased as compared with the control subjects. The results suggest textual memorization involves with extensive connection across the brain. |
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| spelling | iium-469112017-01-17T07:27:29Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/46911/ Grey matter volume differences of textual memorization: a voxel based morphometry study Sapuan, Abdul Halim Mustofa, Nur Shahieda Che Azemin, Mohd Zulfaezal Abdul Majid, Zafri Azran Jamaludin, Iqbal R Medicine (General) TK7885 Computer engineering Textual memorization involves intensive memorization techniques and processes, including repetition, rehearsal, and retrieval. Yet, little is known about the possible effects of this robust memorization training on brain structures. Therefore, this study was designed to investigate the presence of structural plasticity in the brain, which may develop after long-term practice of textual memorization techniques. The subjects are a group of huffaz who underwent one year of textual memory training. Twenty-eight volunteers (14 males) were enrolled in this study. Brain images of the subjects were obtained by employing 1.5 Tesla MRI and 3D-MPRAGE imaging sequence. Voxel-based morphometry was applied to assess the gray matter volume differences in the memorizers and the control subjects. The current study found that gray matter volume in the anterior cingulate gyrus, orbitofrontal cortex, left inferior temporal gyrus, right occipitotemporal gyrus, left inferior parietal gyrus, right perirhenal cortex, superior parietal cortex, posterior cingulate cortex and anterior cingulate cortex of the memorizers were significantly increased as compared with the control subjects. The results suggest textual memorization involves with extensive connection across the brain. Springer Singapore 2016 Proceeding Paper PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/46911/1/46911.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/46911/4/46911_grey%20matter_scopus.pdf Sapuan, Abdul Halim and Mustofa, Nur Shahieda and Che Azemin, Mohd Zulfaezal and Abdul Majid, Zafri Azran and Jamaludin, Iqbal (2016) Grey matter volume differences of textual memorization: a voxel based morphometry study. In: International Conference for Innovation in Biomedical Engineering and Life Sciences (ICIBEL2015), 6th-8th Dec. 2015, Pullman Hotel, Putrajaya. http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-981-10-0266-3_8 10.1007/978-981-10-0266-3_8 |
| spellingShingle | R Medicine (General) TK7885 Computer engineering Sapuan, Abdul Halim Mustofa, Nur Shahieda Che Azemin, Mohd Zulfaezal Abdul Majid, Zafri Azran Jamaludin, Iqbal Grey matter volume differences of textual memorization: a voxel based morphometry study |
| title | Grey matter volume differences of textual memorization: a voxel based morphometry study |
| title_full | Grey matter volume differences of textual memorization: a voxel based morphometry study |
| title_fullStr | Grey matter volume differences of textual memorization: a voxel based morphometry study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Grey matter volume differences of textual memorization: a voxel based morphometry study |
| title_short | Grey matter volume differences of textual memorization: a voxel based morphometry study |
| title_sort | grey matter volume differences of textual memorization: a voxel based morphometry study |
| topic | R Medicine (General) TK7885 Computer engineering |
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