EAN: 9780262529334

NEUROPLASTICITY - MOHEB COSTANDI KARTONIERT (TB)

Fifty years ago  neuroscientists thought that a mature brain was fixed like a fly in amber 
unable to change. Today  we know that our brains and nervous systems change throughout our
lifetimes. This concept of neuroplasticity has captured the imagination of a public eager for
self-improvement-and has inspired countless Internet entrepreneurs who peddle dubious brain
training games and apps. In this book  Moheb Costandi offers a concise and engaging overview of
neuroplasticity for the general reader  describing how our brains change continuously in
response to our actions and experiences. and the synaptic pruning that takes place before brain
maturity. He shows that adult brains can grow new cells (citing  among many other studies 
research showing that sexually mature male canaries learn a new song every year). He describes
the kind of brain training that can bring about improvement in brain function. It's not gadgets
and games that promise to rewire your brain but such sustained cognitive tasks as learning a
musical instrument or a new language. He tells how brains compensate after stroke or injury 
describes addiction and pain as maladaptive forms of neuroplasticity  and considers brain
changes that accompany childhood  adolescence  parenthood  and aging. Each of our brains is
custom-built. Neuroplasticity is at the heart of what makes us human.

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