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Brain Building

I described the process of neuroplasticity –

how we can build our brains at any age

and get better at any skills we find harder.

Part of the focus of the work will be to help Riley to believe that

things CAN be different: every time he repeats something, his brain

pathways will get stronger, and things will become get easier.

An electrical signal is fired. It travels

through the body of the neuron. It travels across the synaptic A neural circuit is created.

gap to the next neuron. The signal gets stronger and

faster with repetition.

I compared the process of neural

building with placing an increasing

number of elastic bands around the

same nails on a geo board: the

pathway gets thicker and stronger.