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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.
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