The plastic human brain: A breakthrough for basic neuroscientific research and educational research?

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Event Abstract Back to Event The plastic human brain: A breakthrough for basic neuroscientific research and educational research? Lutz Jäncke1* 1 University of Zurich, ISB, Switzerland There is no doubt that one of the most important findings of recent research in cognitive neurosciences is the discovery and substantiation that the human brain is much more plastic than previously anticipated. Meanwhile a wealth of studies have demonstrated that the human brain can be shaped by experience and learning in terms of anatomy and function. The uncovered findings are by no doubt exceptional and represent a major breakthrough in the endeavor to understand the human brain. But what are the consequences for education research and the application in everyday situations? In my talk I will discuss the major findings of human brain plasticity research and I will also discuss the possible relations to applications in everyday situations like education, psychotherapy and neurological rehabilitation. Based on the given summary I will formulate hypotheses about what is needed to improve education research in the future. Conference: EARLI SIG22 - Neuroscience and Education, Zurich, Switzerland, 3 Jun - 5 Jun, 2010. Presentation Type: Poster Presentation Topic: Keynote lectures Citation: Jäncke L (2010). The plastic human brain: A breakthrough for basic neuroscientific research and educational research?. Front. Neurosci. Conference Abstract: EARLI SIG22 - Neuroscience and Education. doi: 10.3389/conf.fnins.2010.11.00004 Copyright: The abstracts in this collection have not been subject to any Frontiers peer review or checks, and are not endorsed by Frontiers. They are made available through the Frontiers publishing platform as a service to conference organizers and presenters. The copyright in the individual abstracts is owned by the author of each abstract or his/her employer unless otherwise stated. Each abstract, as well as the collection of abstracts, are published under a Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0 (attribution) licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) and may thus be reproduced, translated, adapted and be the subject of derivative works provided the authors and Frontiers are attributed. For Frontiers’ terms and conditions please see https://www.frontiersin.org/legal/terms-and-conditions. Received: 26 May 2010; Published Online: 26 May 2010. * Correspondence: Lutz Jäncke, University of Zurich, ISB, Zurich, Switzerland, l.jaencke@psychologie.uzh.ch Login Required This action requires you to be registered with Frontiers and logged in. To register or login click here. Abstract Info Abstract The Authors in Frontiers Lutz Jäncke Google Lutz Jäncke Google Scholar Lutz Jäncke PubMed Lutz Jäncke Related Article in Frontiers Google Scholar PubMed Abstract Close Back to top Javascript is disabled. Please enable Javascript in your browser settings in order to see all the content on this page.