Re-wiring the Brain
The human brain has an
amazing ability to actively re-wire it's self if needed. In this way
the brain is always ready and able to adapt to new situations by
reorganizing portions of it's self to meet the demands of a growing,
learning, and healing person. It has been shown that the human brain
retains this function well into adulthood.
Who we are is in are brains. Everything I know, think,
feel, anticipate, and all that I am, is based on connections within
my brain. By me writing this and as you reading it, what is
happening is my brain is communicating to your brain. Our bodies are
just here to assist our brains.
Michael Merzenich is a Neuroscientist who wants to make
use of that plasticity of the brain through technologies to enhance
learning abilities as well as heal injured brains. Merzenich speaks
about his ambitions at a TED conference in this video.
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