Everyday Health) – Neuroplasticity is the brain’s ability to adapt and reorganize itself in response to learning, experience, or injury from insult or disease. This phenomenon allows the brain to form new neural connections and modify existing ones, which can help in times of injury or disease (such as a head injury or a stroke), and in learning and assimilating new information.
Keep reading to better understand the concept of neuroplasticity, and how you can improve or leverage it to remain cognitively sharp and possibly delay cognitive decline or dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease. CONTINUE