Plasticity is an intrinsic property of the human brain and represents evolution's invention to enable the nervous system to escape the restrictions o….

People tend to slip up and go along the old road before they realise what they've done and climb out of it again..

Beginning a new habit, or ending an old one can feel like letting go of a rope that swings a mile above the ground. So we feel reluctant to let go, a….

If we are not using our brains' capacity for challenge it feels to me as though it atrophies like an unused muscle..

The extreme of flexibility is chaos and the extreme of being structured is rigid and staying sane, or indeed using your creativity, is about being aw….

Sometimes an artist's vision may get blurred when subjected to a committee because an artwork is usually an expression of something unconscious that ….

Neurogenesis continues throughout life and we have the capacity to establish new neural pathways and strengthen existing ones..

In order to stretch ourselves we do need to experience the vulnerability of not knowing the outcome..

Our brains do not have to be fixed, they can be plastic..

We don't have to have suffered brain damage to take advantage of the plastic nature of our brains..