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Scientists once thought the brain couldn’t be changed. Now we know different

By Laura Elin Pigott, Senior Lecturer in Neurosciences and Neurorehabilitation, Course Leader in the College of Health and Life Sciences, London South Bank University
Siobhan Mclernon, Senior Nurse Lecturer, London South Bank University

Lifelong plasticity is a core principle of neuroscience, yet it operates within real limits shaped by effort, stress and ageing.

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