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Practice Routes a Task Around the Frontal Bottleneck
After more than 30,000 trials, a visual skill shifted toward specialized temporal-cortex circuitry and freed capacity for a second task.
Summary
After more than 30,000 trials, a visual skill shifted toward specialized temporal-cortex circuitry and freed capacity for a second task.
Georgetown researchers scanned volunteers before and after weeks of intensive image categorization. As the skill became automatic, activity shifted away from prefrontal control toward a new category-selective temporal-cortex region; greater offloading tracked better dual-task performance. The result applies to compatible, heavily trained tasks and does not make distracted driving safe.
Why it matters
After more than 30,000 trials, a visual skill shifted toward specialized temporal-cortex circuitry and freed capacity for a second task.
Limits and context
- The result applies to compatible, heavily trained tasks and does not make distracted driving safe.
Key claims
After more than 30,000 trials, a visual skill shifted toward specialized temporal-cortex circuitry and freed capacity for a second task.
Qualification: The result applies to compatible, heavily trained tasks and does not make distracted driving safe.
Evidence: source-2026-07-13-019
Sources
- ScienceDaily from Georgetown University Medical CenterScienceDaily · secondary reporting
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