Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The ability of the brain to change in structure or function in response to experience.
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- noun The state or quality of being
neuroplastic , of having a brain that adapts to experience
Etymologies
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Examples
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Simply put, the term neuroplasticity means that the brain changes in response to new experience.
The Chemistry of Calm M.D. Henry Emmons 2010
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This ability to change the landscape of our brains and ultimately augment how our minds will operate is called neuroplasticity.
Michael Stanclift, N.D.: How Meditation Changes Our Brains N.D. Michael Stanclift 2011
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Doidge: The paradox of neuroplasticity is that for all the mental flexibility it grants us, it can end up locking us into 'rigid behaviors.'
Michael Sigman: The Adventures of Ozzy and Sanity Michael Sigman 2010
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Doidge: The paradox of neuroplasticity is that for all the mental flexibility it grants us, it can end up locking us into 'rigid behaviors.'
Michael Sigman: The Adventures of Ozzy and Sanity Michael Sigman 2010
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Doidge: The paradox of neuroplasticity is that for all the mental flexibility it grants us, it can end up locking us into 'rigid behaviors.'
Michael Sigman: The Adventures of Ozzy and Sanity Michael Sigman 2010
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This ability to change the landscape of our brains and ultimately augment how our minds will operate is called neuroplasticity.
Michael Stanclift, N.D.: How Meditation Changes Our Brains N.D. Michael Stanclift 2011
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This capacity to create new neural connections, and thus new mental skill sets, through experience has been termed "neuroplasticity."
Kingsley Dennis, Ph.D.: Rewiring Our Minds For A Modern Lifestyle Ph.D. Kingsley Dennis 2011
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Doidge: The paradox of neuroplasticity is that for all the mental flexibility it grants us, it can end up locking us into 'rigid behaviors.'
Michael Sigman: The Adventures of Ozzy and Sanity Michael Sigman 2010
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This capacity to create new neural connections, and thus new mental skill sets, through experience has been termed "neuroplasticity."
Kingsley Dennis, Ph.D.: Rewiring Our Minds For A Modern Lifestyle Ph.D. Kingsley Dennis 2011
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Doidge: The paradox of neuroplasticity is that for all the mental flexibility it grants us, it can end up locking us into 'rigid behaviors.'
Michael Sigman: The Adventures of Ozzy and Sanity Michael Sigman 2010
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In her 2019 book The Source, the neuroscientist Tara Swart wrote about neuroplasticity – the brain’s capacity to be shaped by its environment.
‘My life completely turned around’: is manifesting the key to happiness – or wishful thinking? Ammar Kalia 2022
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For neuroscientist David Eagleman at Stanford University in California, this demonstrates one of the brain’s most remarkable qualities: neuroplasticity, or the ability to remake itself in response to changing circumstances.
How a 6-year-old had half his brain removed and recovered in 3 months #author.fullName} 2020
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He brought the term neuroplasticity into the common parlance, describing in particular the extent to which information technologies can physiologically alter the brains of their users by cortical remapping and digging new neural pathways.
Neuroplasticity As A Praxis Matt Seybold 2026
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