Experience shapes the brain's circuitry throughout adulthood

The adult brain, long considered to be fixed in its wiring, is in fact remarkably dynamic. Neuroscientists once thought that the brain's wiring was fixed early in life, during a critical period beyond which changes were impossible. Recent discoveries have challenged that view, and now, research suggests that circuits in the adult brain are continually modified by experience.

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