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Brain Plasticity

Brain Plasticity. The brain’s ability to change (especially during childhood) by reorganizing after damage and building new pathways. Constraint-Induced Therapy. Reading Braille. Hemispherectomy. Brain Plasticity. Limited “Neurogenesis”. Corpus Callosum: How the 2 Halves Connect.

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Brain Plasticity

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  1. Brain Plasticity • The brain’s ability to change (especially during childhood) by reorganizing after damage and building new pathways.

  2. Constraint-Induced Therapy

  3. Reading Braille

  4. Hemispherectomy Brain Plasticity

  5. Limited “Neurogenesis”

  6. Corpus Callosum: How the 2 Halves Connect

  7. Optic Chiasm: Another Way to Connect

  8. “Split Brain” Phenomena Joe, A Split-Brain Patient

  9. Right/Left Brain Differences • Left Hemisphere • Language (literal interpretations) • Calculations • Right Hemisphere • Making inferences • Helps make the meaning of our speech clear • Controls sense of “self”

  10. Facts About “Handedness” • 90% are right-handed • 96% of right-handed people process language in their left hemisphere • 10% are left-handed • 70% process language in left hemisphere, just like right-handed people • 30% process language in right hemisphere—or in both

  11. Left-Handedness • More common among: • Musicians • Mathematicians • Professional baseball/cricket players • Architects • Artists • Michelangelo, da Vinci, Picasso

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