How Things You Do Change Your Brain
Ever wonder how ballet dancers can spin and spin and spin, but never seem to get dizzy? Neuroplasticity, that's how! Anthony explains how it works, and how you can use your brain in the same...
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I just changed the structure my brain-- or broke something up there. We should have an ambulance standing by, guys. Anthony here for D News. And your brain is adapting and changing all the time based on everything you do. A new study from Imperial College London shows that ballet dancers' brain structures actually change to keep them from getting dizzy. They just suppress the signal from the inner ear that tells them to get disoriented. Just, nope, not needed. Filter that information, please. But it's not just a switch or a filters. The bits of the cerebral cortex that process those signals actually shrink. They get out of the way to allow other bits to get stronger. This is neuroplasticity, and is the jam. It's a fairly new idea, e...
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I just changed the structure my brain-- or broke something up there. We should have an ambulance standing by, guys. Anthony here for D News. And your brain is adapting and changing all the time based on everything you do. A new study from Imperial College London shows that ballet dancers' brain structures actually change to keep them from getting dizzy. They just suppress the signal from the inner ear that tells them to get disoriented. Just, nope, not needed. Filter that information, please. But it's not just a switch or a filters. The bits of the cerebral cortex that process those signals actually shrink. They get out of the way to allow other bits to get stronger. This is neuroplasticity, and is the jam. It's a fairly new idea, e...
