Nikhil Swaminathan
plasticity is always turned “on”. As a brain matures and generates more reliable and coordinated responses, it becomes more selective about what it allows to alter it. In other words, the “off” switch for neuroplasticity
If they were placing their attention on the auditory cue on the tone, then there was plasticity in the auditory portion of the brain, but not on the touch portion of the brain. And this really spits in the face of this common belief that you hear so often, which is that every experien...
Our brain can help us learn more than we ever thought possible. Our brain can help keep us vital longer than we ever imagined. Our brain is a treasure trove of untapped possibilities! The question remains: How do you tap into this remarkable potential of the brain?
. A technique that is used to induce a transient interruption of normal activity in a relatively restricted area of the brain. It is based on the generation of a strong magnetic field near the area of interest, which, if changed rapidly enough, will induce an electric field that is ...
Gül Dölen explains how psychedelics restore the brain’s capacity for plasticity, which fades with age, and make possible new mental-health therapies. By Alla Katsnelson Twitter Facebook Email In 2019, neuroscientist Gül Dölen’s laboratory at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland,...
John now reads voraciously. He reads for fun. He loves to write. John has been transformed, through adult brain plasticity. John is no longer ashamed. You would be a rare individual if there were not things in your life that have held you back—sometimes, more t...
Plasticity Learning Brain development 1. Introduction Adolescence is a critical stage of socio-emotional and cognitive development marked by profound changes in brain structure and function (Casey et al., 2008, Larsen and Luna, 2018). This period begins with the onset of puberty, when a surge of...
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Localization in real-world conditions is challenging, as echoes provide erroneous information and noises mask parts of target sounds. To better understand real-world localization, we equipped a deep neural network with human ears and trained it to localize sounds in a virtual environment. The ...