We all want our bodies to be healthy, which to most of us means healthy hearts, muscles, bones and joints. Many of us are thinking about healthy guts, too. But how many people consider their brain health?
Too few, I’d guess, and perhaps that’s because we think of it as a fixed property. But while speaking to Dr Janina Kamm, an assistant professor and clinical neuropsychologist at The Chicago School, I discovered that’s not the case.
“It can change throughout your life,” says Kamm.
And you can support your brain to make these changes and encourage the formation of new neural connections with the choices you make every day.
Your brain’s ability to make new connections—to change structure and function—is called brain plasticity or neuroplasticity.
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