Category: Neuroplasticity

Over the recent years, there has been more cases of Alzheimers disease (AD) being diagnosed (Teixeira, Pallas-Bazarra, Bolós, Terreros-Roncal, Ávila, & Llorens-Martín, 2018). The characteristics that make up AD are advanced cell death that can result in degeneration of particular brain regions (Teixeira et al., 2018). This can result in deficits that include memory loss…

Neuroplasticity can be defined as brains ability to change, remodel and reorganize for purpose of better ability to adapt to new situations. Neural networks are not fixed, but occurring and disappearing dynamically throughout our whole life, depending on experiences. While we repeatedly practice one activity such as a sequence of movements or a mathematical problem,…