Chris Lamb

Another very important principle of neuroplasticity is that “the brain is changed by internal mental rehearsal in the same ways and involving precisely the same processes that control changes achieved through interactions with the external world.” 2

Neuroplasticity refers to the changes that happen in the brain and nervous system as a result of life experience. It is primarily expressed as a change in the connectional strength between nerve cells (*the area between nerve cells is called the synapse (see below for a picture of a synapse));