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Livewired: The Inside Story of the Ever-Changing Brain
in our minds, a very specific, biological
Malcolm Gladwell • The Tipping Point
We now know that the brain’s capacity to learn, to adapt, to change in response to experience is so fundamental that it strikes the wrong note to say that an activity (like meditation) ‘changes the brain’ as if such change is special or unusual. In fact, everything we do changes the brain on some level. Or rather, the brain is constantly changing, ... See more
Transforming Minds
Neuroscientist Michael Merzenich agrees. Merzenich, described as the world’s leading researcher on brain plasticity, explains that new functional circuits in the brain can only be achieved through repetition. His description of the brain is of something which alters itself with attention and exercise, almost like a separate, living entity. It is al
... See moreJohn Kehoe • Quantum Warrior | The Future of the Mind
This early research with animals established an important point—a brain can physically expand and contract and change depending on experience.