Habits are formed by repetition, whether it is learning the ABCs or walking, whatever you do, you learn to do better. If you walk badly, over time you will learn […]
A wonderful example of persistence and neuroplasticity
A wonderful video from Australia that demonstrates what can be achieved with persistence and neuroplasticity. My friend Iona Novak is also in it. Those who have read my book,The Boy […]
What Do You See?
Look to the right and it is obviously a rabbit; look to the left and it becomes a duck. This perceptual image is a great example how our brains actively […]
Test and Test Again: Brains Keep Growing
In this series of brain scans, the most immature parts show up as red to yellow. It is shocking to see just how little of a 5 year old brain […]
What Can You Do With Half a Brain?
Infants and young children do surprisingly well after the surgical removal or disconnection of up to half of their brain. Most can talk, walk and even run. These exceptional children […]
Baby Brain Neuroplasticity
This diagram represents the relative size of a three-year-old brain compared to an 18-year-old brain. I picked a three-year-old brain because this is the age when most children are diagnosed […]
Three R’s of Baby Brain Neuroplasticity
The working title of my new book is The Boy Who Could Run But Not Walk: How Neuroplasticity Rewires the Young Brain due out in September 2016. My final manuscript […]
Neuroplasticity in Cerebral Palsy
From Rat to Monkey, Brains Recover Baby Animal Brains Recover Better Adult Human Brains Recover Baby Human Brains Do Not Recover? The baby orangutan and the baby human are in […]
Neuroplasticity and Hands II: Awareness Precedes Activation
Once the wrist and hand is either able to maintain alignment or is supported in alignment, the next step is to increase the child’s awareness of the hand. This girl […]
Neuroplasticity and Hands: Doing The Right Thing, At The Right Time, and In The Right Order
Last week I wrote about Constraint Induced Movement Therapy or CIMT. This photo from the Children’s Hemiplegia and Stroke Association (www.chasa.org) is the best example that I have seen. The […]