… ), we show that age of acquisition effects can readily be simulated in such networks. In doing
so, we also show that age of acquisition effects cannot be explained in terms of differences …

… In this section, I review effects of hearing loss on cortical tonotopic maps but also changes
in spontaneous firing rates and spontaneous neural synchrony. Changes in spontaneous …

… ), we show that age of acquisition effects can readily be simulated in such networks. In doing
so, we also show that age of acquisition effects cannot be explained in terms of differences …

… and plasticity in language learning, I consider the evidence for critical periods in L2 acquisition,
… The latter possibility relates L1 loss and L2 gain under a unified view of plasticity in early …

… acquired movement disorders in monkeys through a negative plasticity scenario, and shown
that the acquired loss of … Humans with acquired hand movement disorders show the same …

… This attunement, concomitant with a gradual loss of neural plasticity and an increased neural
specialization and left-lateralization for native language processing [65 • ], is observable at …

… Given that much is known about the acquisition curves of young adults, our main goal in …
estimate of the size of age-related reductions in plasticity from young to very old age (Kliegl et al.…

… LTP in CA1 can be artificially induced by delivering HFS to the CA3 pathway, and we
determined whether this form of synaptic plasticity was also affected in hyposerotonergic mice. …

… or loss of synapses, of neuronal processes that form synapses or of neurons. In this Review
we focus on plasticity that involves gains and/or losses of … during the acquisition of learning …

… in language acquisition, the “critical period” of learning, the agents of neural plasticity, and
the … in exploring the brain mechanisms of plasticity and the important measures of language …