Brain Plasticity Or Neuroplasticity

It was not so many years ago that scientists believed that the brain did change after childhood.They thought that only young brains were able to form new neural connections. Through this logic, scienctists also believed that if a section of an adult brain was damaged that the damage was unreversible. They thought that new connections could not be created and the brain could not compensate for damage.
Through advances in neuroscience, these old beliefs have been put to rest. We now understand the brain is able to create new neural connections throughout life. Brain plasticity, or neuroplasticity is the brain's ability to reorganize neural paths based upon new experiences. It describes the lasting change to the brain throughout life.
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