Skill Learning Hypothesis

skill learning hypothesis

argues that brain development is driven by learning and neuroplasticity

neuroplasticity

the brain is physically sculpted by experiences

Carrion aim

to investigate the impact of childhood stressors on the developing brain

Carrion participants

sixteen adolescents with a history of trauma and 11 healthy adolescents

Carrion Method

• participants were put into an fMRI while completing a verbal declarative memory task

what was the verbal declarative task

They were shown six lists of words then given words individually and had to decide whether or not it was in the original list

Carrion Results

• significantly higher activation of the right hippocampus in the healthy participants compared to those with PTSS