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Brain plasticity is ongoing throughout life and involves brain cells other than neurons, including glial and vascular cells. It can occur as a result of learning, experience, and memory formation, or as a result of damage to the brain. While people used to believe that the brain became fixed after a certain age, newer research has revealed that the brain never stops changing in response to learning. In instances of damage to the brain, such as during a stroke, the areas of the brain associated with certain functions may be injured. Eventually, healthy parts of the brain can take over those functions and the abilities can be restored.
I use two types of processes within my lessons
Brain plasticity 101
bottom-up science
Behaviour - It’s not all in the mind -
bottom-up plasticity
Among this century’s medical and social breakthroughs is the recognition that the statement "it's all in the mind" is inaccurate.
Whether it’s due to our growing awareness of the effects of ongoing stress or the mixed results of behavioural therapies, we can now see that there are aspects of our health that are out of our conscious control.
Taking a fresh look at the way we as human beings develop and the way our brain connects with our bodies can give us insight into how we can become our best selves.
How Does the Brain-Body Develop?
Science studied how human beings develop physically and neurologically.
Our growth happens gradually, with higher brain skills developing after a solid sensory and motor foundation is set.
Yet sometimes the foundation isn’t fully developed, and our higher level processing and emotional regulation get shaken by life’s challenges. Sensory processing differences, neurodevelopmental or other conditions can also impact the ability of individuals to connect with themselves and others.
The result? We don’t function quite as well.
The SSP listening program uses music and brain plasticity to help you establish that foundational felt sense of safety, and an embodied approach can also create bottom-up changes in our nervous system.
Brain plasticity 101
top-down science
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Top-down processing is using the contextual information of things that we already know or have already experienced in combination with our senses to perceive new information. Usually more pieces of information around a movement or process.
In top-down processing, perceptions are interpreted from individual life experiences that help us perceive and interpret information. If you never saw a chair before you would not automatically know to sit on it.
ABM neuro-movement lessons are a wonderful tool to bring more awareness and differentiate body mapping for dramatic improvement very quickly
“Sensation” is the bottom-up process by which our senses — vision, hearing, smell, touch, and taste — receive and relay external stimuli. “Perception” is the top-down mechanism that our brains use to organize and interpret data, which we put into context.
The brain possesses a remarkable ability to rewire itself. These changes range from individual neuron pathways making new connections, to systematic adjustments like cortical remapping.
This occurs in all healthy people, especially children, as well as after various problems like brain injuries.
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