Not exact matches
In a study published on Nov. 16, scientists discovered that
human brains exhibit more
plasticity, propensity to be modeled by the environment, than chimpanzee
brains and that this may have accounted for part of
human evolution.
Such
plasticity in what is a major pathway in the adult canary's
brain is surprising, say the researchers, and suggests that one day we may find ways of encouraging damaged
human brains to repair themselves (Science, vol 249, p 1444).
The finding that an important
brain gene has continued to evolve adaptively in anatomically modern
humans suggests the ongoing evolutionary
plasticity of the
human brain.
Increased morphological asymmetry, evolvability and
plasticity in
human brain evolution.
You may also want to look at a review article «Effects of Diet on
Brain Plasticity in Animal and
Human Studies: Mind the Gap» by Tytus Murphy et al at King's College London published May 12 2014.
This alternative view of learners is also more consistent with modern understandings of
brain plasticity and
human learning.
And in the process, Boser acknowledges one of the fundamental contradictions related to this accrued scientific knowledge of education and
human development: At no other time have we known so much about
human potential — the
plasticity of the
brain, the conditions that activate and stimulate
human performance, and the ways technology can deliver knowledge and skills - training at a scale and efficiency that was unimaginable even a decade ago.
About Blog Neuropsychological Rehabilitation publishes
human experimental and clinical research related to rehabilitation, recovery of function, and
brain plasticity.
The maternal
brain and its
plasticity in
humans.