Neuroplasticity can be viewed as a general umbrella term that refers to the brain's ability to modify, change, and adapt both structure and function throughout life and in response to experience.
Discuss how understanding the principles of neuroplasticity benefits people.
The ability to learn new things.
The ability to enhance your existing cognitive capabilities.
Recovery from strokes and traumatic brain injuries.
Strengthening areas if some functions are lost or decline.
Improvements that can promote brain fitness.
Discuss how you might engage with the principles of neuroplasticity for your own benefit.
Thing that can help me expand my mind.
Learn a new language.
Be curios. Let your mind explore during the learning process.
Create hobbies.
Read a lot.
Try and solve puzzles and quizzes.
Exercise
What are some of the ways to increase your neuroplasticity?
Ever considered studying another language? Maybe you thought a second (or third) language might boost your career opportunities, or you wanted to pick it up just for fun.
In either case, you’d be doing your brain a big favour. There’s plenty of evidence to suggest that acquiring a new language improves cognitive function.
In one 2012 study, researchers looked at 10 exchange students who were native English speakers studying German in Switzerland. After 5 months of intensive language study, their proficiency in German had increased — and
so had the density of gray matter in their brain.
After 3 months of intensive study of a new topic, 14 adult interpreters saw increases in both gray matter density and hippocampal volume. The hippocampus plays an important role in long-term memory recall. If you enjoy
travel, here’s one more reason to get out and explore somewhere new: Travel may help enhance cognitive flexibility, inspire you, and enhance creativity.
Experiencing new scenery and surroundings can also help you learn about different cultures and become a better communicator, both of which can have additional cognitive benefits.
Visiting new places can also help broaden your general worldview, which can help open your mind and give you a new perspective on things closer to home, like career goals, friendships, or personal values. If you can’t
get out into the wider world right now, don’t worry. You can still take yourself on a trip closer to home.
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