Benefiting at work from Brain Based Insights

What if you could grow new brain cells that would allow you to develop better learning and memory throughout life?

Would it change your workplace?

You may remember about 10 years ago that researchers  discovered that stem cells are capable of generating new neurons.

In rodents, a process known as neurogenesis, produces new cells which also led some to believe cell generation also takes place in the adult human hippocampus, a topic that brings many disagreements.

Recently, new evidence appeared for cell generation, when Maurice Curtis and his colleagues examined the brains of deceased cancer patients. To their surprise, they found newly-generated neurons, as reported in  January 24^th 2007’s  Science.

Since cancer patient participants  ranged in age from 38 to70 years of age, the findings suggest that cell generation may occur throughout the duration of the human lifespan.

The operation of these newly-generated cells remains unclear, but it appears they help people to recognize and remember new smells in senior years.

Evidence of cell generation in the adult human brain was reported by Bedard and Parent in 2004, Evidence of newly generated neurons in the human olfactory bulb.

The debate rages on between those who say adults cannot grow brain cells and those who show evidence of cell growth and adaptation to prepare us for a fast paced and changing marketplace.

What do you think?