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désactiver sans danger temporairement certaines régions d’un cerveau humain adulte normal. Verrons-nous une soudaine efflorescence d’un talent artistique ou mathématique le temps de l’inactivation ?

Studies that suggest a “brain spot for X” are typically misleading because mental functions are rarely localized to one place in the brain.

relevance. Your brain adjusts itself according to what you spend your time on, as long as those tasks have alignment with rewards or goals.

human babies are born with few built-in skills and a great deal of plasticity, while adults have mastered specific tasks at the expense of flexibility. There’s a trade-off between adaptability and efficiency: as your brain gets good at certain jobs, it becomes less able to tackle others.

Stanford psychologist Laura Carstensen, to name one such example, used an fMRI scanner to study the brain behavior of subjects presented with both positive and negative imagery. She found that for young people, their amygdala (a center of emotion) fired with activity at both types of imagery. When she instead scanned the elderly, the amygdala fired

le seul changement structurel que connaîtrait le cerveau était un lent processus de dégradation à mesure que le corps vieillirait

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