“THE BRAIN THAT CHANGES ITSELF”
Merzenich continues to challenge the view that we are stuck with the brain we have at birth. The Merzenich brain is structured by its constant collaboration with the world,
The program exercises every basic brain function involved in language from decoding sounds up to comprehension—a kind of cerebral cross-training.
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“These results showed that the specific remediation program, Fast ForWord Language, resulted in changes in brain function that include left hemisphere language regions, right hemisphere homologues, and a number of other brain areas”
fMRI shows differences in cortical activation of children with and without dyslexia are diminished following Fast ForWord participation.
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REMODELING THE BRAIN
Three neuroscientists whose research overturned decades-old notions about how and whether the brain can change in response to experience have won a $1 million.
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