plasticity

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Haier’s studies also demonstrated how Tetris can affect the plasticity of cortical gray matter, potentially enhancing a person’s memory capacity and promoting motor and cognitive development.

From New York Times

“It’s a real demonstration of the plasticity of humans.”

From Science Magazine

"Discovering these proteins might allow us to one day restore plasticity to brains that have lost it, for example aging brains."

From Salon

For his more elaborate artworks like the “Brooklyn Century Vase,” porcelain is “a whole different, messy thing,” he said, because its heavy iron content increases its plasticity.

From New York Times

My optimism around change comes from my lifelong study in neuroscience of brain plasticity.

From Salon