Posts tagged #neuroscienceofmovement
Neuroplasticity

The result of this discovery was that if the axon of cell A fires repeatedly in close proximity to cell B that the strength of the connection will be increased therefore making it a successful link. Hence the term “neurons that fire together wire together”

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Somatosensory System and Movement Pt 1

The primary somatosensory cortex receives information from receptors, while the secondary somatosensory cortex processes and stores it. Injury or disease can affect either of these areas.

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Upbringing vs neural development

There is evidence that links movement to memory and if the individual expresses joy when in movement, the memory will be retained. That being said, we use our memory of the past to guide our future decisions, but how can we go back and change our memory to a more positive one to encourage movement for the future?

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