As expert birders age, structural brain changes persist. (IMAGE)

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As expert birders age, structural brain changes persist.

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This graph shows participant-level mean diffusivity (MD) values (in units of μm2/ms) across all regions of interest, showing that expert birders have lower MD across age.

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Wing et al., 2026

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