Neuroplasticity - is actually not just the “remapping” of neural connections in the brain, it is the way the brain works. The brain’s functions are “plastic” - able to change.
From the beginning, the brain is “programmed” by the tasks we demand of it. Yes, it’s chemistry writes the code in the brains own “language”, but our tasks - what we ask the brain to do for us - are the assignments the brain is given.
That makes the brain in some ways like a muscle - it as good as the exercise you give it. Almost any concerted exercise directed towards or using a muscle can improve it. Almost any “thinking” skill the brain is tasked with can improve by demanding it keep trying to do that skill better.
Education is one fourth the teachers and three fourths the student.
A brain is a horrible thing to waste, because it has much more skill than most people ask of it.
Current theory is we use 10% of our brain. Those with higher IQ’s probably use more.
Just wish there was a way we could shut down the Intractable Pain cycle.
I’ve been on 16 Neuropathy meds, 14 had bad side effects 15th just didn’t work over the last 30 yrs. Valium at 10 mg twice a day for 11 yrs now has been the only thing that has worked. Takes care of the Fibromyalgia, P. Neuropathy, Gastropresis, Meniere’s and PAIN Seizures when the GP goes into spasm. It should be used as the individual patient needs it, FDA limiting to 20 mg a day doesn’t cover a full 24 hrs.