Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The ability of the brain to change in structure or function in response to experience.
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- noun The state or quality of being
neuroplastic , of having a brain that adapts to experience
Etymologies
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Examples
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Simply put, the term neuroplasticity means that the brain changes in response to new experience.
The Chemistry of Calm M.D. Henry Emmons 2010
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This ability to change the landscape of our brains and ultimately augment how our minds will operate is called neuroplasticity.
Michael Stanclift, N.D.: How Meditation Changes Our Brains N.D. Michael Stanclift 2011
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Doidge: The paradox of neuroplasticity is that for all the mental flexibility it grants us, it can end up locking us into 'rigid behaviors.'
Michael Sigman: The Adventures of Ozzy and Sanity Michael Sigman 2010
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Doidge: The paradox of neuroplasticity is that for all the mental flexibility it grants us, it can end up locking us into 'rigid behaviors.'
Michael Sigman: The Adventures of Ozzy and Sanity Michael Sigman 2010
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Doidge: The paradox of neuroplasticity is that for all the mental flexibility it grants us, it can end up locking us into 'rigid behaviors.'
Michael Sigman: The Adventures of Ozzy and Sanity Michael Sigman 2010
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This ability to change the landscape of our brains and ultimately augment how our minds will operate is called neuroplasticity.
Michael Stanclift, N.D.: How Meditation Changes Our Brains N.D. Michael Stanclift 2011
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This capacity to create new neural connections, and thus new mental skill sets, through experience has been termed "neuroplasticity."
Kingsley Dennis, Ph.D.: Rewiring Our Minds For A Modern Lifestyle Ph.D. Kingsley Dennis 2011
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Doidge: The paradox of neuroplasticity is that for all the mental flexibility it grants us, it can end up locking us into 'rigid behaviors.'
Michael Sigman: The Adventures of Ozzy and Sanity Michael Sigman 2010
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This capacity to create new neural connections, and thus new mental skill sets, through experience has been termed "neuroplasticity."
Kingsley Dennis, Ph.D.: Rewiring Our Minds For A Modern Lifestyle Ph.D. Kingsley Dennis 2011
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Doidge: The paradox of neuroplasticity is that for all the mental flexibility it grants us, it can end up locking us into 'rigid behaviors.'
Michael Sigman: The Adventures of Ozzy and Sanity Michael Sigman 2010
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In her 2019 book The Source, the neuroscientist Tara Swart wrote about neuroplasticity – the brain’s capacity to be shaped by its environment.
‘My life completely turned around’: is manifesting the key to happiness – or wishful thinking? Ammar Kalia 2022
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For neuroscientist David Eagleman at Stanford University in California, this demonstrates one of the brain’s most remarkable qualities: neuroplasticity, or the ability to remake itself in response to changing circumstances.
How a 6-year-old had half his brain removed and recovered in 3 months #author.fullName} 2020
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