Accelerating Neuroplasticity

Mind Matters

Sep 12 2019 | 00:33:03

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Show Notes

The brain’s lateral ability to heal itself can be accelerated by external stimulation. Today Robert J. Marks discusses brain stimulation with Yuri Danilov. Show Notes 00:47 | Introducing Yuri Danilov, Senior Scientist, Biomedical Engineering Department at the University of Wisconsin–Madison 01:18 | Phineas Gage (1823 – 1860) and the study of brain trauma 03:23 | Do we actually remember everything? 05:43 | Photographic and eidetic memory 06:43 | Can you survive a bullet to the brain? 07:16 | The challenge of blast concussive injuries 07:57 | Transcranial direct-current stimulation (TDCT) devices 11:50 | Our dependence on sensory input 13:33 | Read More ›

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