The Plasticity of the Human Mind
Neuroplasticity is a non-specific neuroscience term referring to the ability of the brain and nervous system in all species to change structurally and functionally as a result of input from the environment. [1]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuroplasticity
Neuroplasiticity is more commonly applied to how the brain adapts to deficiencies. These deficiencies can begenetically such as being born with dyslexia and others from injury, such as brain damage from an accident or a stroke. It was once believed that the brain after a certain point in it's development, couldn't change it'sprogramming. But doctors and scientist had a very hard time understanding why certain people could over come their strokes and make amazing recoveries, while others didn't. And so the study of neuroplasiticity started, triggered by the landmark case of a girls who hadhemisphericalepilepsy, and had one hemisphere of her brain removed, and yet retained most of her brain function.
The wordplasticity means the ability to reshape. With the brain, the ability to reshape is probably one of the most important hidden ability it has. But not everyone has the samecapacityto "reshape". This is why some people recover fromtraumaticbrain injuries better than others. Would you like to know how plastic your brain is?
Here are a simple tests. See if you can read this:
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I had to do the hand thing once when I dislocated my shoulder. Writing on the blackboard with my left hand was hard at first. But 2 weeks later, I had made huge improvements.
Stroke is the leading cause of brain injury after the age of 50. Four close relatives in my family have had them. The key to recovery is neuroplasiticity. So I thought since many of our membership is 40 or better in age, this would be useful information.
Now if I could teach my mind not to throw in too many commas.... It sucks having dyslexia!
Actually, there are computer programs that are just for improving brainplasticity. As for it's daily use, I can tell how well my brain is functioning by how my brain/finger function is working. There are days that I type almost everything inverted (like today). It's quite upsetting. But then I know I have to work at it. As we get older, we have to work harder at keeping our brains fit. It's the old use it or loose it!
I gotta agree with you on the hand-writing thing. I know a lot of people have said that exact same thing to me....including me!
Very interesting topic . It is good to know that I can be plastic when I have to .
Here is my childhood fav superhero :
LOL Rich...
Mine is the Hulk. He was very plastic, too!
I wouldn't worry about the hands yet, until they have healed. That takes months. Your left hand will not want to learn to write unless you really have to work at it, and since you don't I am sure it'slegibleenough. Heck, you should have seen the wacky upward angle I was writing on the blackboard and the kids could read it.
I have heard of school districts that have done away with cursive. I felt horrible to hear that. How will people make their mark? With DNA, LOL!?
Well then you can make copies of the comics. I used to love to do that with silly putty!