Exciting Neuroscience Breakthroughs for All
A neuroscientist explains neuroplasticity in plain language: your brain is not fixed, and you can build new connections.
A full transcript of episode 21 of The 100 Year Lifestyle Podcast, with Dr. Stephanie Sullivan — a chiropractor with a PhD in neuroscience and director of the Dr. Sid E. Williams Center for Chiropractic Research at Life University.
The through-line is neuroplasticity. The old assumption was that you were born with the neurons you had and were stuck with them. That turned out to be wrong, and the conversation covers what actually changes the nervous system: movement, load, sleep, and the daily habits that either build connections or let them go.
What is inside
- Why neuroscience matters to people who are not neuroscientists
- What the field used to believe, and what replaced it
- Neuroplasticity: building new connections at any age
- Sitting, stress, and the habits that shape the nervous system
- What the research does and does not yet show
Who it is for
Anyone curious about how the nervous system adapts.
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