Remarkably, the human brain learns to redirect sight signals or to rewire itself, so that people see objects differently as a result of neuron reorganization.
It’s called plasticity and it changes the human brain by creating new signaling routes. So what?
Now that we see how adult brains reshape by what people do, it seems worthwhile to gear up for more benefit at work.
Check out results from a new case study of a stroke patient whose brain created neural pathways, reported in the Sept. 5 online edition of The Journal of Neuroscience. Here the visual center of a man’s brain reorganized itself to compensate for damage caused by a stroke.
Daniel Dilks and his team, at McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT researched brain based changes after damage had cut off communication between the upper left visual field and the visual cortex.
Surprisingly, they found that images appeared to be distorted in areas beneath the blind spot created by stroke damage. For instance squares looked like rectangles after the stroke. Triangles looked like pencils and circles appeared to be cigar shaped.
The new shapes affirm how adult brains tend change and grow.
Will it change your day? Since you now know the brain is shaped by what you do … and by your world, why not squeeze into your day…
1. Multiple intelligences
2. Laughter
3. A winning target you can master
4. Tone improvement if you meet a cranky client
5. Music while you work
What will you do that will reshape your brain for a better workday?
» Surprising News from Neuroscience of Ethics from BrainBasedBusiness
Would you agree that people tend to be hardwired to follow the golden rule? If this question intrigues you, you'll likely also be curious about new research that shows surprising results related to your brain and to ethical actions. Interestingly,... [Read More]
Tracked on: December 2, 2007 10:18 AM | Permalink to Trackback