All 3 Uses of
plasticity
in
Gifted Hands
- Maranda manages well without the left half of her brain because of a phenomenon we call plasticity.†
p. 150.6
- In plasticity, functions once governed by a set of cells in the brain are taken over by another set of cells.†
p. 150.7 *
- That's why plasticity only works in children.†
p. 151.2
Definitions:
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(1)
(plasticity) describing a material that can be shaped through bending or other force
or:
an ability to change such as the brain's ability to change how it processes information or an organism's ability to respond to varying environments -
(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus