Super-Plasticity: How Our Superhero Brains Mold Themselves

One of the brain’s superpowers is its ability to learn new skills. This ability is thanks to plasticity: a process that allows neurons to make new connections to meet challenges as they come. Enhanced plasticity is built into children’s brain development to help them learn crucial skills like how to talk. But other neural connections can come together at all ages and be used for anything, like helping you learn how to make a bed or write with your non-dominant hand. Like in all superhero movies, strengthening those skills requires training and practice to make new brain bonds as strong as they can be.
This is a video from the 2023 Brain Awareness Video Contest.
Created by Sanjay Rajan.