The Plastic Brain: UAB Neuroscientists Stretch the Boundaries of the Mind

[TheFutueIsPsychotic]

Neuroscience and genetics should be the only thing we care about as humans, forget debt ceilings, this really matters.

[occupynow]

@TheFutueIsPsychotic once we have completed the revolution and established a new holistic integrated sustainable system of culture and society; science, philosophy, spirituality, the arts, history, and learning in general will take center stage for humanity.

[SuperNeur0]

good video, thanks

[CognitiveNetwork]

At what age does the brain get fixed?

[hellbowski]

Its never fixed, that was theory and that's the whole point of the video, did you even watch the video? The brain is lucidious or constantly changing. I have heard the brain turns over 30 billion cells a day! In youth raised under loving, untraumatic conditions are what gives you the base for "normal" mental health conditions. This refers to something called "attatchment" like hardwiring. From the hyppocampus to all other lobes.  Attatchment is the human right of an intellectual society.

[CognitiveNetwork]

@hellbowski Ofcourse, how come I didn't even think of that! Oh, stupid me... >_<

[VinkoRajic]

I am maybe the only really telepathic person in the world. You should not think that I could be Schizophrenic.

I can exchange voice, video, smell, people can move small move muscles on my body from distance and much more

[PlanetBongoSan]

@VinkoRajic wow thats amazing possibly you are jesus

[montrey666666]

finally a video that has NO DISLIKES above 5000 viewers

[Lichtfee004]

Very interesting ... Thanks for learning new things ann sander

[bodisculpt]

so,can this be used to help increase my learning and memory retention? i mean,basically,to become smarter? or is this set at birth with genetics and the new synapses are for differing functions? i find this area of medicine awesome but my brain doesnt retain new information well and i find it difficult to learn new

[MD189]

@bodisculpt To answer your question, yes this can eventually be used to help with learning & memory. Because these things are processed in neuronal networks. It's going to take time to figure out the components of those networks. Specifically in learning & memory the hippocampus, frontal & temporal lobes are involved. Genetics does play a role but your environment or what you do can also affect you. Because the brain has plasticity, your brain has the ability to adapt to what you do.

[EJNewbury]

@bodisculpt Perhaps, I think I've read that they're confident that the evidence says "yes". Most likely you'll need to put yourself on a strict cognitive regiment of different brain area exercises (I'm sure you can look up different ones online). But, more important than all that is to constantly be learning a new procedure, i.e., new language, new instrument, new genre of literature, etc. Constant unknown information. After that, eat right and exercise.