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Why Wait? Neuroscience Is for Everyone!

Norbert Myslinski
eNeuro 7 June 2022, 9 (3) ENEURO.0372-20.2022; https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0372-20.2022
Norbert Myslinski
Department of Neural and Pain Sciences, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD 21201
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    An inspired student in China. Photograph taken during the author’s speaking tour of Brain Bee Chapters in China and South Korea.

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    Fifty percent of our brains is hard-wired at birth. The concept of neuroplasticity tells us that the rest is waiting for us to tell it what to do. Our experiences, sensations, thoughts, and movements tell our brains what is important and how to develop. Not only do our brains create our behavior, but our behavior can create our brains.

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