Abstract
A single exposure to an object can produce long-lasting behavioral
change. Here, using event-related functional magnetic resonance imaging
(fMRI), we provide evidence for long-lasting changes in cortical
activity associated with perceiving and naming objects. In posterior
regions, we observed an immediate (30-second) and long-lasting (3-day)
decrease in neural activity after brief (200-ms) exposure to nameable
and nonsense objects. In addition, slower-developing decreases in
left inferior frontal activity were observed concurrently with increases
in left insula activity, only for nameable objects. These time-dependent
cortical changes may reflect two distinct learning mechanisms: the
formation of sparser, yet more object-form-specific, representations
in posterior regions, and experience-induced reorganization of the
brain circuitry underlying lexical retrieval in anterior regions.
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