The brain fitness program [videorecording] / PBS ; executive producer, Anthony Tiano ; directed and edited by Eli Brown ; written and produced by Lennlee Keep ; writer, Michael Merzenich ; Santa Fe Productions, Inc.
Host, Peter Coyote; commentators, Sharon Begley, William Jagust, Arthur Toga, Michael Merzenich, Christopher Lynch. Originally produced by Sante Fe Productions in 2007. Special features: Alzheimer's; Parkinson's; Blindfold experiment; Man without memory; Hebb's rats; Wilder Penfield; Pioneers; Sensory substitution; Phantom limbs; Meditation; What we can do; Brain facts.
Contents:
Open credits -- Spoon -- Neurogenesis -- Cleft palate -- Synaptic connection -- Technology -- How we age -- Negative plasticity -- Paying attention -- Memory -- Constraint-induced therapy -- Tenets -- In the mood -- Wire together -- Two way street -- Memory and learning -- Motivation -- End credits.
Summary:
The Brain Fitness Program is based on the concepts of neuroplasticity--the ability of the brain to change, adapt, and even rewire itself. The brain can remain malleable or 'plastic' throughout life and by presenting the brain with the proper stimuli, most people can derive beneficial physical and functional change.
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