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SCANN Lab
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The Spatial Cognition and Navigational Neuroscience Lab at the University of Texas at Arlington.

#cognitive #neuroscience #psychology #vr #
#fmri

Directed by @stevenmweisberg.bsky.social
We are excited to announce that Dr. Steven Weisberg, was recently featured in The Dallas Morning News!

Read the full article here:
www.dallasnews.com/news/2025/10...
New Texas initiative could shape the future of dementia research, scientists say
Researchers hope the proposed institute will expedite scientific discoveries and AI innovation.
www.dallasnews.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Reposted by SCANN Lab
what happens when you spend two weeks learning new navigation or memory skills? as shown in our recent paper below, brain network connectivity changes but not hippocampal or other brain volumes! special thanks to collaborators Li Zheng and Steve Weisberg

elifesciences.org/articles/106...
Newly trained navigation and verbal memory skills in humans elicit changes in task-related networks but not brain structure
Learning new navigation or memory skills engages flexible brain network dynamics without altering gray matter, white matter, or hippocampal structure.
elifesciences.org
November 5, 2025 at 11:26 PM