According to Dr. Kurt Fischer, director of the Mind, Brain and Education Program at Harvard University, “There are a few broad principles that have come out of neuroscience. Number one is that the brain is remarkably plastic. Even in middle or old age, it’s still adapting very actively to its environment.” In fact, new brain cells are being created over our entire lifetimes, through the process of neuroplasticity. Neuroplasticity is a fancy word to describe how the brain physically recreates and reorganizes itself in response to the environment. This dynamic process allows us to learn and
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