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Moheb Costandi: Neuroplasticity

Fifty ​years ago, neuroscientists thought that a mature brain was fixed like a fly in amber, unable to change. Today, we know that our brains and nervous systems change throughout our lifetimes. This concept of neuroplasticity has captured the imagination of a public eager for self-improvement--and has inspired countless Internet entrepreneurs who peddle dubious „brain training” games and apps. In this book, Moheb Costandi offers a concise and engaging overview of neuroplasticity for the general reader, describing how our brains change continuously in response to our actions and experiences.

Costandi discusses key experimental findings, and describes how our thinking about the brain has evolved over time. He explains how the brain changes during development, and the „synaptic pruning” that takes place before brain maturity. He shows that adult brains can grow new cells (citing, among many other studies, research showing that sexually mature male canaries learn a new song… (tovább)

Eredeti megjelenés éve: 2016

A következő kiadói sorozatban jelent meg: Essential Knowledge The MIT Press angol

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The MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2016
192 oldal · puhatáblás · ISBN: 9780262529334
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The MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2016
194 oldal · ASIN: B01KL49YII

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