FOR DECADES, THE PREVIOUS DOGMA IN Neuroscience was that the adult brain of a human being is immutable, hardwired and fixed in form, function, and that we are stuck with what we have. Yes, it can lose or create synapses. These connections are what allow neurons to communicate with each other and encode memories and learning. It can also suffer injury or degeneration.
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FOR DECADES, THE PREVIOUS DOGMA IN Neuroscience was that the adult brain of a human being is immutable, hardwired and fixed in form, function, and that we are pretty stuck with what we have. Yes, it can lose or create synapses. These connections are what allow neurons to communicate with each other and encode memories and learning. It can also suffer injury or degeneration.
However, this belief held that if genes or development dictate that one neuron will process signals from the eyes and another will move the fingers of your right hand’s fingers, then the brain will do the same thing until you die. This view was justified because brain books were illustrated in vivid color to illustrate the function, size, and location of the brain’s structures. But research over the past few decades has discredited this dogma. The adult brain has impressive abilities of its own, and it is no longer a dogma. “neuroplasticity”–the ability to change its structure and function in response to experience.
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