Michael Merzenich Quotes - BrainyQuote

American - Scientist Born: 1942American - Scientist - Born: 1942

Your brain - every brain - is a work in progress. It is 'plastic.' From the day we're born to the day we die, it continuously revises and remodels, improving or slowly declining, as a function of how we use it. - Michael Merzenich

Your brain - every brain - is a work in progress. It is 'plastic.' From the day we're born to the day we die, it continuously revises and remodels, improving or slowly declining, as a function of how we use it.Michael Merzenich

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My mantra: Brainless exercise is a lost opportunity for improvement.Michael Merzenich

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Improvement Mantra

My brain power depends on my retained mastery of analyzing in detail what's happening in my world and in my mind and body. I must continue to practice to retain my constructive and analytic powers. The goal is to be a master of my environment.Michael Merzenich

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Powers Environment Body

If a brain is exercised properly, anyone can grow intelligence, at any age, and potentially by a lot. Or you can just let your brain idle - and watch it slowly, inexorably, go to seed like a sedentary body.Michael Merzenich

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