Enhancing the plasticity of the brain: Max Cynader at TEDxStanleyPark
Dr. Max Cynader is Director of the Brain Research Centre, and the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health at Vancouver Coastal Health and The University of British Columbia (UBC). In addition,...
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Reviewer: Reiko Bovee Thank you very much
for that generous introduction. It's a pleasure to be here. Today my subject is "Enhancing Brain Plasticity." And what I'm going to do
in the next few minutes hopefully is to tell you a little bit about
what brain plasticity is, how it works, what we're doing
to try to enhance it, and what you can do to enhance
the plasticity of your brain. So at end of these 18 minutes, I hope that all of that will transpire. So, what is brain plasticity? Well, brain plasticity is the process
by which your brain changes depending on what has happened to it. And brain plasticity would include,
for instance, memory. If you remember this lecture tomorrow
- and I hope you will ...