PSYC3338 Chapter Notes - Chapter n/a: Cleft Lip And Cleft Palate, Neuroplasticity, Neurology
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Merzenich thinks the brain adapts quickly, but is born stupid . 1. the selective representations of behaviorally important inputs, actions, etc. This is what the brain regards as positive and important to you. Cortical processing and forebrain system specialization to math the statistics and schedules of behaviorally important inputs. The brain constructs things that correlate to each other according to time. The most powerful context in your brain is you - billions of events occur in your history that relate to you as the actor, thinker, mover, etc. This is always associated with you as the receiver. You are constructed from these events, and it is created in the brain by physical change. Each of us have different histories and experiences. Rehabilitative extensions of brain plasticity research - helping kids overcome learning impairments or repairing memory in adults. 35 years ago a surgeon realized that if you fixed the problem early enough, none of those problems happen.
