Help! My brain is shrinking.
Insane Mind wrote an interesting post today on
Here’s a quick excerpt
Have you heard of the “brain plasticity movement?”
I just read this article in the US World Report about keeping your brain fit. I thought this article had something to do with credit cards, but no, it’s the plastic in your head they are talking about.
For decades, scientists assumed that humans were born with all the brain cells they’d ever have. Then, in the 1970s, researchers showed that new brain cells and neural pathways form through the end of life.
“This was the beginning of the brain plasticity movement, the understanding that when we challenge our brains, the brain cells sprout new dendrites, which results in increased synapses, or contact points.” according to Dr. Gene Cohen, director of the Center on Aging, Health and Humanities at George Washington University.
The Incredible Shrinking Brain
Here’s a fact you don’t really want to think about too much : your brain is shrinking.
The article points out […]
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