Neurons that fire together, wire together.
“Neuroplasticity in a Nutshell”: experience for the brain means neural firing.
When we have an “experience,” clusters of neurons are activated to send electrical signals down their long lengths.
The gene activation and protein production triggered by neural firing can create new synapses, strengthen existing ones, alter the packets of neurotransmitters that are released or the receptors that receive their messages, and even stimulate the growth of new neurons.
It can also thicken the insulating myelin sheath around connecting fibers, increasing the speed of electrical transmission.
Mindsight, Daniel Siegel, 2010.
Comments
No comments yet. Be the first to react!