Plasticity Archives - Knowing Neurons

Out with the Old, in with the New – Can Neuron Transplantation Stop Brain Aging?

May 2, 2018May 2, 2018 Sophie Fessl 0 Comments Aging, cell replacement, cell transplantation, head transplantation, identity, organoid, Plasticity, Self

his past November, neurosurgeon Sergio Canavero connected a dead person’s head to a different corpse – a procedure he claimed to be a “successful head transplant.” His assertion was attacked by… Read more

Aging Brain Development

Smells Like Teen Synapses: A Look Inside Adolescent Brains and Behaviors

November 18, 2015March 5, 2017 knowingneurons 1 Comment Adolescent, Adult, Dendrite, Dendritic spine, Development, Emotion, Mindfulness, Plasticity, Prefrontal Cortex, Ronald Dahl, Synaptogenesis, Teenager, Teens, Ventral striatum

“I would there were no age between sixteen and three-and-twenty, or that youth would sleep out the rest; for there is nothing in the between but getting wenches with child,… Read more

Did You Know? Learning and Memory

Is Self-Awareness Humanity’s Greatest Trait?

February 25, 2014March 5, 2017 knowingneurons 1 Comment Cheetah, Direct, Directed greatness, Emotion, Internal traits, Learning, Memory, Network, Plasticity, Practice, Rationality, Self-aware, Self-awareness

The adult human brain is comprised of approximately 86 billion neurons on average, with at least as many nonneuronal cells, networked together to create the substance and memories of a… Read more