He has popularized the idea that, based on brain-plasticity research, a person can learn skills for happiness and compassion just as a person can learn to play a musical instrument it is possible to train a mind to be happy.
He has published significant research on brain plasticity, brain evolution, and on the neuroanatomical substrates for learning.
Acocella cites the pressures of two parents working outside the home, the global economy, and research on brain plasticity in the early years in her discussion of overparenting.
Langer, N., Hänggi, J., Müller, N. A., Simmen, H. P. & Jäncke, L. Effects of limb immobilization on brain plasticity.
This essay is adapted from a talk by Tania Singer, "Plasticity of the Social Brain: Effects of a One-Year Mental Training Study on Brain Plasticity, Social Cognition and Attention, Stress, and Prosocial Behavior," given at the International Positive Psychology Association's 5th World Congress in 2017.
Speculatively, this suggests effects on brain plasticity, and is compatible with the functional neuroanatomy of the LHb: there is no direct connection between LHb and cortical areas.
Rehabilitation of hemiplegic with mirror allows the illusion of movement of the paretic limb acting on brain plasticity.
Scanlon earned an M.S. in neuroscience from the Stanford School of Medicine, focusing on brain plasticity.
His current research focuses on the effect of aging and neurodegenerative disorders on brain plasticity in animals and humans.
