Big question: What if we could turn back the clock in the brain and recapture its earlier plasticity?

Return to the Teenage Brain (The New York Times):

“Neuroplasticity–the brain’s abil­i­ty to form new neur­al con­nec­tions and be influ­enced by the environment–is great­est in child­hood and ado­les­cence, when the brain is still a work in progress. But this win­dow of oppor­tu­ni­ty is finite. Even­tu­al­ly it slams shut. Or so we thought…What if we could turn back the clock in the brain and recap­ture its ear­li­er plasticity?”

To learn more:

• How learn­ing changes your brain
• To har­ness neu­ro­plas­tic­i­ty, start with enthusiasm
• Meet Dr. Michael Merzenich, Win­ner of the 2016 Kavli Prize in Neu­ro­science for his work on neu­ro­plas­tic­i­ty, at the upcom­ing 2016 Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Sum­mit (Decem­ber 6–8th)