Plasticity

I’ve been involved in using the internet for politics and public affairs since the very early ‘90s. So I’ve been a part of the transformation and the evolution of the internet as a communications and...

new materials new designs new simulations and advanced test technologies The Shell Buckling Knockdown Factor Project, or SBKF means lower-cost heavy-lift launch vehicles the NESC peer review team felt...

On page 50 of Ashby, you’ll see Figure 4.2, and this shows different modes of loading and stress states for objects that are under some sort of mechanical load. And you can see here that you know, if...

I learned Transcendental Meditation when I was very young. I was a teenager. It was a very emotionally confusing and difficult time in my life, and what I found with my regular practice of TM is that...

I’ve created what I sort of call an “overriding summary of physiology” for beginning, non-major students like you, hoping that--being an animal yourself—you should be able to relate and get into the...

Dr Paul Howard-Jones Reader in Neuroscience and Education University of Bristol Brain plasticity and learning I think it's very important to understand that our brains are plastic. They are...

Welcome! Have you ever had someone come to you struggling to find where a specific quotation was from? This video will demonstrate how to search within the full text of journals that are part of the...

What is sensory adaptation versus sensory amplification? So let's go into adaptation first. So sensory adaptation is change over time and the responsiveness of the sensory receptor to a...

Dr Paul Howard-Jones Reader in Neuroscience and Education University of Bristol Think as I think For some years, there's been interest in this idea of mirror neurons: the fact that when we...

Namenda, the brand name form of memantine, is a prescription medication used to treat Alzheimer's disease. Namenda is in a class of medications called NMDA receptor antagonists. These work by...