Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Neuroplasticity
Hello all! Dr. Stoll was scheduled to cover the topic of neuroplasticity with you all. Check out the link to another blog---miketnelson.blogspot.com/2009/01/neuroplasticity-and-human-athletic.html---post your thoughts on the topic of neuroplasticity and its relationship to sport and sport performance---be sure to 1.) define what neuroplasticity is, 2.) describe how and when this can happen to the brain, 3.) discuss the topic of survival and performance as it relates to neuroplasticity, finally...4.) speculate on how the use of neuroplasticity might effect the ethical practice of sport---post due before class next week on the 21st---see you then!---i will be back next week
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Neuroplasticity is the changes that occur in the organization of the brain as a result of experience. Every organ in the body is designed to adapt to different situations in order to reach a state known as homeostasis, an ideal state where everything is perfectly balanced and controlled. It’s not necessary to reach that state in order to survive, in fact it is extremely hard to reach homeostasis. So the body is forced to constantly work harder and harder in order to even come close, the closer the body gets, the less it focuses on it.
ReplyDeleteThe brain just happens to be the most important organ in the entire human body, so it’s adaptation is more crucial than any other organ. Changes in the brain occur within the areas that certain neurological connections are made. For example, the brain stem contains centers that control respiration, heart function and digestion, all of which are essential for survival. If you are running, it will adapt and increase respiration and heart rate. If you are eating it will increase digestion. These adaptations made by the brain and the rest of the human body are essential for survival.
Neuroplasticity of the brain actually only happens for survival reasons, not for performance. However performance can be enhance in athletics by toying with different moves or plays and testing the brain along with the rest of the body on how it reacts to different situations. In order to enhance performance athletes need to enhance the things they use for survival. Some of the most important senses are sight, sound and proprioception.
The use of neuroplasticity in order to gain an advantage in sport I feel isn’t ethically wrong at all. Athletes who take advantage of neuroplacticity are simply training another part of their body. Rather than focusing solely on conditioning muscles, they would be conditioning their mind and senses to respond in different ways to adapted stimuli. I think this strategy is great for sports, it will create elite athletes with not only physically active bodies, but also physically active minds.
Neuroplasticity is the ability for the brain to change. It is something that scientists have found from research and study that you can "enhance" your performance by exercising your brain. This happens when they teach people or other people learn certain movements that can actually change the way the brain is and is even suggested to "rewrite" the brain. This is about cognitive health according to the author.
ReplyDeleteThe author says that the body is wired for survival over performance. So the argument is that they can make us use the changing of the brain as a survival tactic. They found things that we use to learn and found exercises that would be put together to allow this cognitive change. The things that we learn from are as follows: 1) Eyes 2) Vestibular and 3) Proprioceptive. By combining all of these ways they can change the brain and things we know to improve performance or in other words survival.
The use of neuroplasticity might affect the ethics of sport. People will probably use it as a way to become better just as people use drugs. They could use it to cheat, etc because this is a brain and cognitive thing. Although, I believe that if this really works and it could be a good thing to know the rules, try new plays, use the team, etc. then it could be good for the ethics of sport. I do believe that sport should be done naturally and with individuals own skills they were born with and that have worked hard to achieve.
The ability of the brain to change due to personal experiences is known as neuroplasticity. Until recently it was widely understood that the brain stops changing during adolescence. Now through different test scientist are able to see how the brain changes during different activities.
ReplyDeleteWhen someone practices guitar, does a crossword, or studies for a test their brain is learning what it needs to do to succeed in these activates and the more and more they work at these things the more the brain learns about how to succeed and the less brain activity is necessary. By working to train your brain you begin to work on a more instinctive which can improve your overall performance.
Because the human body is built for survival, training the brain perform at a higher level is difficult we must be able to train our bodies through specific exercises to train the three major ways our brain takes in information through the eyes, vestibular, and proprioceptive.
I believe that the use of neuroplasticity training can only help athletics. If an athlete is able to train his brain to compete on a more instinctual level and if he has trained his brain to work without breaking the rules he will be less likely to cheat because he has trained to work within the rules.
Neuroplasticity is the ability for the brain to change. Scientists just recently discovered that the brain could change and learn, late into adulthood. The brain has the ability to adjust to different types of activity such as workouts, reading, studying and learning plays. The brain learns how to make these actions possible and then it wires itself to have that ability to complete those certain tasks. Once the task has been learned it becomes an instinct and the brain just knows how to complete that certain task.
ReplyDeleteThe body is built to take on extreme conditions and survive through all the different problems one faces throughout life. The body has the ability to be trained through three different ways the eyes, vestibular and proprioceptive. If a person can train and control the body to do these things then they will be able to create the instinctive actions that can help them with sport performance.
I think that if neuroplasticity became a part of sports training it would help the athletes exponentially. It would also help athletes to play with in the rules because they would have trained by using the rules and it would become instinctive for their mind to play by the rules.
Nueroplasticity is when your brain has the abilty to change an help your performance.I thinik that the use of neuroplasticity training can only help athletics in most case, if an athlete can train his brain to compete on a high level and he has trained his brain to work without breaking the rules then he would be less likely to cheat cuz he has trained to go by the rules..Neuroplasticity only happens for survival reasons and not really for performance. But performance can be raised in athletics by playin around with different moves or plays, also testing the brain along with the rest of your body on how it reacts to different things. To enhance performance, athletes need to enhance the things they use for survival.
ReplyDeleteThe brain have the ability to change the personal experiences is known as neuroplasticity. In a recently search I could see, the brain stops changing during adolescence.
ReplyDeleteDifferent scientists are able now to see how the brain changes during variables activities.
For example when somebody is playing basketball, studying, or even eating their brain is learning what it needs to do to get successes in those activities and the more and more they work at those things the more the brain learns and memorize. Working to train your brain you begin to work on a your instinctive which can improves your performance.
I think that the use of neuroplasticity training can help athletes more than the others. If an athlete is able to train his/her brain to complete that would be very good because he/she do not have to cheat or something like that because his/her brain is already trained for it.
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ReplyDeleteNeuroplasticity is the lifelong ability of the brain to reorganize neural pathways based on new experiences. Before this was established, it was thought that the brain no longer changes after childhood. This belief, however, is being challenged by new findings, saying that all areas of the brain are plastic even after childhood.
ReplyDeleteIt is not ethically wrong to me to take advantage of this knowledge. It is not wrong to be able to enhance this part of your body just like working out on the strength of you arms is not wrong. It would be advantageous of any athlete to train this part of their body to help them perform on a higher level than what was thought possible
Neuroplasticity happens throughout your whole life. Your brain has the ability to change and learn through everything you do, and become better at whatever it is that you are doing. I think that this is especially used in sports because you continue to learn new plays and different angles you can take during competition. There is nothing wrong with trying to enhance your performance by strength training.
ReplyDeleteNeuroplasticity is the ability of the brain to change. Neuroplasticity has been discovered to happen late into adulthood. Until recently,it was thought that the brain stopped changing during the adolescence stage of life. We receive information using our body through our eyes, vestibular, and proprioceptive. We can optimize these functions and combine them in a meaningful way.The result is superior athletic performance for virtually anyone. We can learn to move more athletically which helps out in almost all aspects of physical movement in life. As it relates to ethical practice to sport, neuroplasticity is, I think, the most appropriate and ethical way to engage in activity and try to perform at a higher level than you have before. It is training your body to be better and work for you like it has never known. This is the route athletes should be taking when trying to enhance themselves as people and athletes.
ReplyDeleteNeuroplasticity is the ability of the brain to change its organization. It can happen throughout your entire life. It re-routes neural pathways to increase performance, these re-routes can be formed due to life experiences, or they can be trained into the brain. Our brains are wired for survival. The key to increasing ath;etic performance through neuroplasticity is changing this wiring and using these intense survival skills in athletic performance situations. When in survival mode humans use all of their senses and anything to survive. When you can apply this attitude toward athletics it should produce outstanding performance. When talking about whether it is ethical, it isnt something that can be made illegal, our brains can go through some form of neuroplasticity without knowing it also. As far as training athletes towards a survival vs. performance state of mind through neuroplasticity is a good thing and a good use of the power of the human brain, not a added substance or chemical.
ReplyDelete1.) define what neuroplasticity is, 2.) describe how and when this can happen to the brain, 3.) discuss the topic of survival and performance as it relates to neuroplasticity, finally...4.) speculate on how the use of neuroplasticity might effect the ethical practice of sport---post due before class next week on the 21st---see you then!---i will be back next week
ReplyDeleteNeuroplasticity is the ability of the brain to be molded, or changed. It can happen through out your entire lifetime. How this happens is the brain reorganization takes place by mechanisms such as "axon sprouting",where undamaged axons grow new nerve endings to reconnect neurons whose links were injured or severed.Also, undamaged axons can also grow nerve endings that can connect with other undamaged nerve cells which form new neural pathways to accomplish a needed function.
I have found that neuroplasticity is pretty much for survival only. I mean its main purpose is for helping damaged or disabled brains, either from trauma, disease, or genetic misfortune.
i dont think it is ethically wrong to take advantage of neuroplasticity because it is a natural occurance in everyones brain, and if athletes are able to train them selves to be able to use it for their sport than good for them. Most athletes already use it to their advantage with out even noticing that they are. THink about it, hand-eye cordination, knowledge for the game, anticipation, quickness, reactions, these are all parts of the game that a good athlete will train themselves to do in order to SURVIVE in the sport.
Neuroplasticity is the brain's ability to reorganize itself as a result of experience.
ReplyDeleteIt happens for survival purposes but can happen when athletes apply it to sports by training and learning new moves in their sports to improve new techniques.
The more you train and learn, the more knowledge you gain so all the new techniques come natural without having to think hard.
It's not ethically wrong to use neuroplasticity to gain advantage for athletes. Sports doesn't require only physically conditioning but it also requires the right mental state for maximum performance. In this case, it is not illegal and it is accessible to all athletes.
Neuroplasticity is the brain's ability to change and adapt. A large part of neuropasticity is learning new movements, where as there is no hardcore research, there is still lots of data to back up this statement. The human brain is wired for survival. In order to make the brain wired for performance is to optimize the eyes, in inner ear, and our information from the joints. I don't see much problem with neuroplasticity, I think as long as you don't put anything into your body to alter your frame of mind, then it's ok to change how you think. From what I can tell there is no moral delima with this practice.
ReplyDeleteNeuroplasticity is the brain’s ability to change and create new connections for information. Until recently it was thought that the brain stops changing after adolescence, but come to find that it is consistently changing during different activities in which we do. For all the things we do such as reading, writing and even working-out the brain changes in order to succeed in those activities.
ReplyDeleteThe human body is built for survival and can change to complete tasks with out ones doing. When people exercise their brain is making connections in order for the body to perform better for those given situation. When people learn new tasks the brain is creating a way to allow the body to perform these tasks naturally without having to think about them. It becomes muscle memory.
If the brain was unable to do this we as people would not be able to adjust to new environments, new situations and new information. Performance is based on this concept. As we move on in sport we learn new skills and techniques to improve ourselves all thanks to the concept of neruoplasticity. With out this being possible we would all reach a certain point and not be able to better ourselves. But since we can we are always learning new things and changing the patterns of our thinking and doing.
1) The brain consists of many cells that are all interconnected. Neuroplasticity refers to the forming of new cell connections and reorganization in the brain throughout life due to experiences.
ReplyDelete2) Neuroplasticity can occur to compensate or respond to injuries or diseases that affect the brain. The brain does this through mechanisms that sprout undamaged axons with new nerve endings to reconnect neurons whose links were injured or severed. They can also reconnect to undamaged nerve cells and form new neural pathways to accomplish a needed function.
3) The main three ways our brain taken in information is through our eyes, vestibular, and proprioceptive. Therefore the better we are at these tasks, the better survival techniques we will be able to acquire. We have the ability to train our bodies using these types of information.
4) I think it is beneficial for athletes to stimulate their brain as well as their body while training and competing. All athletes have the abilities to use neuroplacticity, therefore it is not an unfair advantage. However, just like physical training all athletes must discover their strength and weaknesses and how their brain adapts to different stimuli.
Neuroplacticity refers to the brain changing and creating new connections because of life experiences. When we learn new tasks our brain learns them too until they are memorized. I relate it to muscle memory. When you don't have to think about what your doing anymore it is learned.
ReplyDeleteNeuroplacticity can help with survival and performance because the more you "train" your brain, the easier adapting to new situations and environments will be.
The use of Neuroplacticity in sport I think can be good. Ethically, I don't really see a problem. It's not like performance enhancing drugs. All athletes can train using it. Some probably do already. The higher the brain is functioning, the faster we can adapt to a play change or play creativly. I don't believe it will affect sport in a negative way. If anything, I think it could bring a new level of play to the table.
Neuroplasticity is the changes that occur in the organization of the brain as a result of experience. Neuroplasticity allows the neurons in the brain to compensate for injury and disease and other events as well and to adjust their activities in response to new situations or to changes in their environment. This process can happen to the brain in many ways. If I were to take up a new hobby and learn to play an instrument, my brain will adjust to the new information and help me master the activity. Do you ever wonder how we can read something without noticing that we are reading it? Or doing something that is natural and takes little effort? Well those things are the result of Neuroplasticity. The brain has learned how to do these things naturally and we complete them subconsciously as well. It is instinctual.
ReplyDeleteLuckily, we have an amazing body and brain that functions without our help. Neuroplasticity plays a huge role in our body’s natural survival skills and the way our brain stem controls certain areas of our body. When we run or perform intense activities, our brain will increase our heart rate and respiration. When we eat too much or just enough, our brain sends the message to our digestive system.
In my opinion, Neuroplasticity will have no effect on the ethical practice of sports. Just like I train my muscles, build endurance, and eat healthy to make sure I am in top shape, I have the right to make sure my mind is physically active and healthy as well. Athletes have gained physical instincts in relation to their sports. In football, we run, tackle, catch sometimes without too much thought. Why not enhance our skills with Neuroplasticity? It isn’t unnatural like steroids, it is just a revelation of the way our magnificent brain can help us.
Neuroplasticity is the ability of the brain to change. We used to think that we were hard wired and could not change the way that we learned things (you can't teach an old dog new tricks attitude). Neuroplasticity proved this old way of thinking wrong. Nelson shows that our brain is wired for survival instead of performance which I think that means we take a situation or a task and our brain goes into a "how can I get through this mode" instead of what is the best way to get through this. This relates to neuroplasticity in that we can have the ability to change the thought process that we use to get through a certain task. We can be taught to see, hear, and feel situations differently which in return brings a better outcome. I think neuroplasticity is a huge tool for athletes. Every one can do it and it is very vital in the learning process. As far as being ethical or not, I have no reason to believe that changing the way you think about a situation to better yourself through the process of getting through it could be unethical. Especially if you are bettering the situation because of this new found way. It deals with the process of getting better through mindfulness of the right things in a right way.
ReplyDeleteneuroplasticity is the ability to teach your brain how to change. It is basically teaching your body to react in a different way because you have taught your brain through repetition the proper way to do something. It is like swinging a baseball bat. You might know how to do it when you are young, but when you teach your brain a better way to swing through repetition, you will be a better hitter.
ReplyDeleteneuroplasticity deals with more than just your favorite sport. It actually deals with your everyday functioning. It deals with everything from walking, to breathing, and even driving. It helps your brain learn through repetition.
Using neuroplasticity in sport is a good thing. It helps athletes to compete without having to think about what they are going to do next. Your brain doesnt really have to think about the action that your body is going to do because you have done the action so many times before. I feel that the most talented athletes have already figured out how to use this to their advantage.
Neuroplasticity is the ability of the brain to change and i think this can affect sport in a positive way but also a negative way. This can happen to the brain when you are repeating anything over and over again. The brain learns how to repeat something once you have done it enough. I think it also help athletes to compete and more importantly to react without really having to think. For example hitting a baseball coming in at 90 miles per hour is one of the hardest things to do and if you think about it too much you will never hit it.
ReplyDeleteNeuroplasticity can be defined as the changes that take place in the organization of the brain as an effect of different experiences. The brain has the ability to actually adapt and change in certain situations. By any repetitive process (reading, writing or even weight-lifting) the brain can become more adept and instinctive, which ultimately can and will lead to the enhancement of your brains overall performance.
ReplyDeleteThe author tells us that we are wired for survival and in order for us to maximize our survival, we need to optimize each one of the systems below
1) Eyes (visual and eye muscle movements)
2) Vestibular (inner ear "balance")
3) Proprioceptive (info from the joints)
“The keys to enhanced athletic performance are findings ways to harness this neuroplasticity as the brain and nervous system control movement.”
As for neuroplasticity and the subject of ethics, I feel the two are unrelated. Spending hours enhancing the way your brain works is no different than dedication in the weight-room. I feel that the players like Jordan,who are mentally tough have mastered the use of neuroplasticity.
Neuroplasticity is the ability to change do to personal experience. Your brain adapts to your environment and changes over time to represent your individualism and character. Every single day neuroplasticity is used for every human being. Every little experience your brain recollects data and memory to adapt to new events.
ReplyDeleteBeing an avid athlete with several different sports for the past 15 years I have used neuroplasticity a lot with athletics. Each and every sport requires you to have a different form of mental toughness and how you use that mental toughness. I would defiantly consider neuroplasticity as a working tool in sports and individual success.
Hello all! Dr. Stoll was scheduled to cover the topic of neuroplasticity with you all. Check out the link to another blog---miketnelson.blogspot.com/2009/01/neuroplasticity-and-human-athletic.html---post your thoughts on the topic of neuroplasticity and its relationship to sport and sport performance---be sure to 1.) define what neuroplasticity is, 2.) describe how and when this can happen to the brain, 3.) discuss the topic of survival and performance as it relates to neuroplasticity, finally...4.) speculate on how the use of neuroplasticity might effect the ethical practice of sport---post due before class next week on the 21st---see you then!---i will be back next week
ReplyDeleteNeuroplasticity is when your brain has the ability to change itself and help you to have a better performance. However these changes occur in four ways: first by responding to the world in a certain means, second by perceiving the world in a positive way in daily bases. Third by acting in the world in an assured method and forth by thinking and imagining diversity situations. According to scientists “All these fourth activities can change the brain and the way it functions.” scientists and clinicians can pass onto the brain a calculated sequence of input or specific patterns of stimulation to make desirable and specific changes in the brain for the better. Neuroplasticity only happens for survival reasons such as to compensate or respond to injuries that affect to the brain and not really for performance. On the other hand performance can be raised in athletics by actually playing, also testing the brain along with the rest of your body on how it reacts to different equipment. I believe the use of neuroplasticity has the capacity to affect the ethics and moral of the sport. The major of the people probably use it as a way to pursuit a better excuse as the semi of those people who use drugs, seems as elemental for cheating in events. I truly believe that athletes should be naturally using the ability to get better without using any science drugs. But the question is, if this truly happen all team would be about the semi as equal competitive making the competition more competitive.
Neuroplasticity is the ability of the brain to adapt and change. This happens whenever we learn new movements and the brain must learn to adapt to accept these new changes. As the author points out, our brain is wired for survival over performance and in order to optimize performance we need to harness the capabilities of how our body works in three areas. These three areas are the eyes, the vestibular or inner ear balance, and our proprioceptive system in which our joints send information. I think it would be very effective to learn to train our bodies in which our bodies train our minds. I think there is no ethical issue involoved. Sport psychology has began to have an impact in sports and understanding that a right mind will translate to better performance. We need the appropriate amount of arousal to optimize performance. I know that when I am calmer and let my body do what it feels to be right, I golf better, instead of when I am rattled and I overanalyze things.
ReplyDeleteNeuroplasticity is the ability to change do to personal experience. the brain adapts to the environment and changes. basically neuroplasticity is the ability of the brain to be molded. it can happen all thru your life. its main purpose is to help damage or disable brains. in my opinion it is not wrong to take advantage of neuroplasticty because it is natural in everyones brain. athletes uses this withou even knowing. they use different thing like quickness and corrdination to succeed in there sport.
ReplyDeleteNeuroplasticity is the change do to personal experiences. When the brain is adapting to the enviornment it shows changes and adaptation. Throughout performance, your brain functions differently using different parts of the body to control your moves. You can use the eyes to see everything and your surroundings, your ears to hear whatever is around you and to listen to whomever is in charge, and your joints is a major factor. Your joints are needed to have the ability to move and adjust to whatever is needed for your competition. Your brain is controlled through your abilities to perform well in your sport.
ReplyDeleteneuroplasticity is the ability for the brain to change because of personal experiences. recent studies have shown the brain does not stop changing after adolescence, it continues to change when you brain goes through different activities
ReplyDeletethe best way i could discribe it is muscle memory for athletes. when athletes do something over and over there muscles develope a memory to what they are attempting to do. this is alot like neuroplasticity, when doing new things over and over your brain has the ability to remember the things you are doing.
neuroplasticity is also very important for athletes so you dont have to think about what your doing... you can just react. an example of this is while playing linebacker i have about .3/.4 seconds to react from the snap of a ball to react to a play. if i think about what im doing i lose.
It is defined as the ability for the brain to recognize and change due to repeated habits or changes. This can occur anytime when individuals continue to do certain activities where it is registered and stored. This is one of many examples that come up.
ReplyDeleteFor example one example of neuroplasticity or some what close to that....is...the very things that athletes do on a regular basis. A football player or a soccer player...has instilled in his brain the routines he or she needs to do and continues to do so over a period of time. The reactions from practice to game atmosphere is so close to one another because of its memory of continuing to doing it over and over again.
Personally I dont think that neuroplasticity is wrong...like the research states i think its the best way to help athletes. This is just one tool that many can use to help elevate themselves from the rest of the crew. I dont find nothing wrong with this at all. Its all due to habits and reactions mixed in.
Neuroplasticity is defined as the changes that occur in the brain as a result of experience. to me this is good and bad thing in sports, because you always have to learn new things in sports, but you also get used to doing them a a certain way so that is why some people get confused.
ReplyDeletei have played sports my whole life, and i am always doing things in the same way. i have a routine that i do and i know that is whats best for me, so i know how i think and what works for me.
chris williams
1.Neuroplasticity is the ability of the brain to change.
ReplyDelete2.Data has shown that there is enough evidence to show that when we learn new movements there are concrete changes in the brain.
3. The author states that our brain is wired for survival instead of performance. The author believes once we realize it we can optimize it for survival and we will see an increase in performance. We first need to look at how we get information. We get information primarily from our eyes, vestibular and proprioceptive. In order to see performance we need to optimize each one of these systems.
4. I don’t think Neuroplasticity is affecting the ethical practice of sport. There is not enough data in my opinion to make an ethical argument against Neuroplasticity.
Neuroplasticity is the ability of the brain to change due to experiences. It is a process that can happen throughout a whole lifetime for survival purposes. It has been learnt that it applies to athletes in the way that the brain is always connecting and changing to different circumstances whether it be in a workout or leaning a new technique. By the brains ability to adapt and memorize muscle movements athletes are able to advance their skills instead of leaning the same simple things over and over again. The body is controlled by our brain that is built for adaption in order to survive. The brain is amazing in the way that it can be trained to perform skills the push our bodies to the limit. Neuroplasticity could be great for ethics because it allows athletes to use further root training of their own bodies without using cheating substances.
ReplyDeleteThe brain's natural ability to form new connections in order to compensate for injury or changes in one's environment. when you learn to do things differently your brain keeps that in mind. and when your thinking about adapting to a stituation while working out Neuroplasticity helps you better yourself at whatever sport that your working out for. this has nothing to do with being ethical. because its not man mad this is somethinthing that you have to bring out of yourself.
ReplyDeleteNeuroplasticity is the ability to change do to personal experience. this happens throughout life. the main purpose is to aid damaged and disabled brains but, why not take advantage of its use as an athlete. all sports require some form of mental toughness and this is a good enhancement tool for athletes.
ReplyDelete1.) neuroplasticity is the ability for the brain to change due to experiences. 2.) these changes occur throughout life into adulthood. 3.) In relation to athletes, the brain is always changing whether it be learning weight lifting techniques (muscle memory) or plays. states that our brain is wired for survival instead of performance. 4.) I think it's hard to make the connection between ethics and neuroplasticity.
ReplyDeleteNeuroplasticity means The ability of the brain to change due to personal experiences. This happens to the brain every time and individual learns or experiences something new in their lives. Relating to athletes, neuroplasticity occurs whenever they learn new techniques in their games whether it be with any sport. For example, in basketball, an athlete might want to learn how to dribble the ball in order for the opponent to not achieve it or steal it, also to learn how to shoot better free throws with new techniques, better rebounds and etc. I think that connecting and neuroplasticity is a great thing for all athletes, because they learn new things in order to get better, and who doesn't want to get better, not just in sports but with life goals as well. When athletes achieve enough experience, they gain advantage that way their brains can function all the right concentration, memory, determination, skill, talent, etc.
ReplyDeleteEuro Plasticity is the ability of the brain to change. This can affect any sports in a positive especially in a negative way. It happens to the brain when you are repeating anything over and over again. When repeating something once the brain will remember and have it stored in the brain. I think it also help athletes to compete in their individual battles or during games and more importantly to react without really having to think. For example hitting a baseball coming in at 90 miles per hour is one of the hardest things to do and if you think about it too much you will never hit it.
ReplyDeleteWhat happens to the brain when we go through a tramatic experience, really that's something that some people can't explain. I personally would say when it comes to sports that when you go through a great battle in order to reach a common goal against someone else who is just as driven things happen. Really if it doesn't kill you what it does is make you stronger, it's the experience factor really coming in because you have made it through the fire really coming out on top of a tough situation. It also is stored in your brain with something of great value to your self happens you automatically put that away.
ReplyDeleteNeuroplasticity is the ability of the brain to change due to personal experiences. This happens in the brain any time a new movement or a new development and way of learning something is presented to it.
ReplyDeleteAs stated by Mike T. Nelson, the human body is wired for survival instead of performance. You can increase your performance, however, by maximizing your neuroplacisity development for survival. The key areas are the eyes, Vestibular (inner ear "balance") and Proprioceptive (info form joints). To optimize the body for performance, you must optimize these systems first he says.
I don't think that the use of neuroplasticity might effect the ethical practice of sport in a negative way because it's not like you're taking a substance to gain an advantage. Instead, you're training your mind. It's no different than the amount of time you put in the weight room or condition to train your body. In these cases, you have to put in the work and effort to improve, so improving your neuroplacisity abiltites in the same way is completely ethical in my opinion.
Neuroplasticity (variously referred to as brain plasticity or cortical plasticity or cortical re-mapping) refers to the changes that occur in the organization of the brain as a result of experience. A surprising consequence of neuroplasticity is that the brain activity associated with a given function can move to a different location as a consequence of normal experience or brain damage/recovery.
ReplyDeleteNeuroplasticity is the changing of neurons and the organization of their networks and so their function by experience.try to learn plays or an instrament The brain learns how to make these functions possible and then it wires itself to have that ability to complete those certain things.
ReplyDeleteneuroplasticity is something that occurs when the brain has experienced numerious of times.the brain is somthing that has memory that over repatation that its becomes second nature to a person that is training within a sport...alot a pro athelets train their brain this way by them doing the same thing such as drills it starts to become second nature....
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