An interesting article from "Experience Life" via "Care2"
Quite a long read, so get a cuppa and give yourself ten minutes. Its a brain workout on its own trying to relate to all it says but I found it interesting as it covered a range of areas and comments from relevant professionals.
Just a taster...
Brain scientists in recent years have discovered a number of surprising ways that the brain influences our overall health, as well as how our behaviour influences the health of our brain. And unlike in the days of old — when scientists believed the brain was “fixed” after childhood, only to start an inexorable decline in the middle to later years — today, research is showing that the brain is perfectly capable of changing, healing and “rewiring” itself to an unexpected degree.
It turns out that the age of your brain may be a lesser influence on its structure than what you do with it. Pursuits that require intense mental focus, like language learning, “switch on” the nucleus basalis, the control mechanism for neuroplasticity.
In short, neuroplasticity means you have some control over your cranial fitness. While brain function naturally deteriorates somewhat as you age (though not nearly as much as you might think), various strategic approaches can create new neural pathways and strengthen existing ones as long as you live. What’s more, these efforts to build a better brain can deliver lasting rewards for your overall health.
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This is really interesting Celia. Thank you for posting the connection. I haven't quite read it all but will do so asap!
Thanks for the link to the article. It made very interesting reading. We've been taught about this research in our Hypnotherapy course recently so it was good to go over it again to reinforce it.