and it s all thanks to our brain s incredible capacity to adapt, to learn, to grow. i m on a journey to understand the miraculous plasticity of the human brain. the brain will even change its structure. the core, the architecture of the brain can change. this is neuroplasticity. once thought to be limited to youth, we now know it s a constant force in shaping who we are. your minds can change the very substrate of its own operations. ..helping us to learn. adaptability is one of the most remarkable aspects of humanl intelligence, and i think. plasticity is the mechanism behind it. ..and to heal. well, neuroplasticity actually is at the core of neurorehabilitation. ..an active field of study that s helping us to understand how we became us. as things move forward, we re going to see more and more how much our motor ability actually is tied to the way we think and feel. and i want to know whether there s anything we can do to harness or boost neuroplasticity in our daily lives.
we re going to see more and more how much our motor ability actually is tied to the way we think and feel. and i want to know whether there s anything we can do to harness or boost neuroplasticity in our daily lives. on thisjourney, i m going to give you three hacks to help strengthen crucial connections and keep our minds younger in the process. as a science journalist, i ve always been fascinated by the workings of the mind. and today i ve come to royal holloway, university of london to scan my brain before embarking on a six week brain altering course. jaw harp resonates i m just taking a moment to settle into this posture. this is thorsten barnhofer, professor of clinical psychology at surrey university. he s currently running a study on the effects of mindfulness in managing stress and difficult emotions. he s also been looking into how mindfulness changes the actual structure of the brain itself, showing signs of this neuroplastic rewiring even after just a few weeks. a
as things move forward, we re going to see more and more how much our motor ability actually is tied to the way we think and feel. and i want to know whether there s anything we can do to harness or boost neuroplasticity in our daily lives. on thisjourney, i m going to give you three hacks to help strengthen crucial connections and keep our minds younger in the process. as a science journalist, i ve always been fascinated by the workings of the mind. and today i ve come to royal holloway, university of london to scan my brain before embarking on a six week brain altering course. jaw harp resonates i m just taking a moment to settle into this posture. this is thorsten barnhofer, professor of clinical psychology at surrey university. he s currently running a study on the effects of mindfulness in managing stress and difficult emotions. he s also been looking into how mindfulness changes the actual structure of the brain itself, showing signs of this neuroplastic rewiring even a
who we are. your minds can change the very substrate of its own operations. ..helping us to learn. adaptability is one of the most remarkable aspects of human intelligence, and i think plasticity is the mechanism behind it. ..and to heal. well, neuroplasticity actually is at the core of neurorehabilitation. ..an active field of study that s helping us to understand how we became us. as things move forward, we re going to see more and more how much our motor ability actually is tied to the way we think and feel. and i want to know whether there s anything we can do to harness or boost neuroplasticity in our daily lives. on thisjourney, i m going to give you three hacks to help strengthen crucial connections and keep our minds younger in the process. as a science journalist, i ve always been fascinated by the workings of the mind. and today i ve come to royal holloway, university of london to scan my brain before embarking on a six week brain altering course. harp resonates. i
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