ESSAY REVIEW Limits on plasticity
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The more scientists learn about the brain, the more we learn about its infinite plasticity. ... If there is a challenge to one part of the brain, we can learn to revive other parts to make all sections of the mind work together. (Elaine Colliar, “mind-mapping” champion, on how a visualization technique might be used to overcome reading impairments in developmental dyslexia; Kenyon, 2002) JOURNAL OF COGNITION AND DEVELOPMENT, 4(1), 95–121 Copyright © 2003, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.
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