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NEUROPLASTICITY … People Always Change … Change in behaviour and thinking must mean change in the BRAIN too. When you take a NEW JOB , most of your routines change. When you learn a NEW LANGUAGE or move to another NEW COUNTRY, you think differently. All this is reflected inching in the BRAIN; NEW CIRCUITS are created, like NEW ROADS to NEW MENTAL TOWNS & VILLAGE. Old highways are abandoned, and populated areas become deserted. 神經可塑性 Neuroplasiticity is the process by which the brain change itself in response to NEW THOUGHTS, NEW EXPERIENCES and NEW ACTIONS. The brain not like a collection of statues; it is like a busy crowd, jostling, talking, making new friends and shedding others. Some people leave, some people join. Neuroplasticity is the basis of all our learning and our ability to change, so it is fitting we deal with it first. NEUROPLASITICITY COMES IN 3 FORMS 1. The Formation of New Neurons 2. The Formation of New Synapses 3. The Strengthening of Existing Synapses A newborn baby’s brain has nearly the same number of neutrons as an adult brain. By the age of two, their brain has reached 80 percent of adult size. This infant brain forms two million synapses a second as it grows - an incredible fast. The world is new for an infant, they learn from everything indiscriminately, because they do not know yet what useful and worth knowing, so nature plays safe and takes in everything. “Incredible Fast”