Definition of «adaptive plasticity»

Adaptive plasticity refers to the ability of an organism to change and adjust its behavior, physical characteristics, or brain structure in response to its environment. It means that living things are capable of learning and modifying themselves to better survive in different situations or conditions.

Sentences with «adaptive plasticity»

Sex differences in the development of attachment can be fruitfully integrated within the broader framework of adaptive plasticity in life history strategies, thus contributing to a coherent evolutionary theory of human development. (cambridge.org)
Together, these efforts have the potential to illuminate the genes, dynamics, and mechanisms that control adaptive plasticity in the nervous system and may provide therapeutic targets to counteract neural disease. (ellisonfoundation.org)
This orchestration requires adaptive plasticity, said the study's lead investigator, Massimo Scanziani, Ph.D., who at the time of the study was professor of neurobiology at UCSD before moving to UCSF. (sciencedaily.com)
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