So, yesterday was the official kick-off of the Keep Portland Weird festival here in Paris, which meant that I had a reading/screening in the...
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The idea of changing one's brain goes against the concept that prevailed in neuroscience for some time that once formed, the brain is immutable.
"Time" did a major issue on the Brain, January 29, 2007, and cited Begley's book which describes the research on "neuroplasticity" which is coming to be the paradigm for understanding the brain. This is good news for people learning to play the piano or develop a new sport later in life. It also seems to have applications for recovery from brain injury.
I've not read the book yet, but the description in "Time" is intriguing.
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Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain: How a New Science Reveals Our Extraordinary Potential to Transform Ourselves by Sharon Begley
Kurt, May 9, 2007
The idea of changing one's brain goes against the concept that prevailed in neuroscience for some time that once formed, the brain is immutable."Time" did a major issue on the Brain, January 29, 2007, and cited Begley's book which describes the research on "neuroplasticity" which is coming to be the paradigm for understanding the brain. This is good news for people learning to play the piano or develop a new sport later in life. It also seems to have applications for recovery from brain injury.
I've not read the book yet, but the description in "Time" is intriguing.
(2 of 3 readers found this comment helpful)