Driving brain plasticity with positive outcomes requires engaging older adults in demanding sensory, cognitive, and motor activities on an intensive basis, in a behavioral context designed to reengage and strengthen the neuromodulatory systems that control learning in adults, with the goal of increasing the fidelity, reliability, and power of cortical representations.
This required engaging in conversation with the patient about the events and behaviors which may have given rise to the presenting condition.
Academics are increasingly required to engage with the public and demonstrate the impact of their research.
Unlike critics who write about film or food or music, book critics are rarely required to engage with popular material.
Candidates were selected by a four-stage process including attendance at an assessment centre where they were required to engage with actors playing the parts of service users.
Children studying music are required to engage with and project intense adult emotions, are seen and judged physically as well as aurally, and are catapulted into a cloistered and often solitary world, surrounded by powerful guru-like figures with whom they engage on a one-to-one basis, and who may have the potential to make or break their future career.
The horrific realities get sod-all attention, because we can't face reality, we'd rather distract ourselves with anything – especially TV, sport, fashion, celebrities, electronic consumerables – anything, anything but the real world and the onerous empathy and insight required to engage with the true nature of the human condition".
However, the home context is becoming more important, as children are increasingly encouraged or even required to engage with learning content at home through educational games.
In either the proximity to the characters and story, or the influence over the story, the viewer of the future will be required to engage with the content with unprecedented emotional connection and commitment.
