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  • Skill acquisition involves brain network reorganization, affecting both task-evoked activity and resting-state functional connectivity.
  • The relationship between these two measures during new skill learning is not fully understood.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate functional connectivity alterations after learning a new skill (Israeli Sign Language).
  • To examine the relationship between these connectivity changes, task-evoked activity changes, and behavioral learning outcomes.

Main Methods:

  • Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scans (task and resting-state) were conducted on 79 hearing adults before and after an Israeli Sign Language course.
  • Behavioral sign language test scores were obtained immediately post-learning and at a six-month follow-up.

Main Results:

  • Widespread changes in functional brain connectivity were observed post-learning.
  • These connectivity changes spatially corresponded with changes in task-derived brain activation.
  • Post-learning functional connectivity predicted behavioral sign language test scores at both immediate and six-month follow-up.

Conclusions:

  • Skill acquisition, exemplified by sign language learning, induces coordinated reorganization in both task-evoked activity and functional connectivity.
  • Altered functional connectivity is linked to both short-term and long-term behavioral outcomes in skill learning.