HearPeers Heroes Ivana Marinac Posted February 21, 2016 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted February 21, 2016 We've been talking about its majesty - neuroplasticity, but what exactly is it and who introduced it at first? Surprisingly or not, the origin of this ever-changed ability has began from the field of neurology, it is widely spread and it has - an interesting background; so personal: it is a family story of Paul Bach-y-Rita. Although he didn't invent the concept, Dr. Bach-y-Rita evolved it. Let's have a look (Unfortunately, there are no captions ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Mary Beth Posted February 21, 2016 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted February 21, 2016 Just like the book! The Brain That Changes Itself. Did you notice the poster of the ear on the wall?m I would love to see images of how our brains changed themselves with our CIs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Kara of Canada Posted February 22, 2016 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted February 22, 2016 That would be cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Ivana Marinac Posted February 22, 2016 Author HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted February 22, 2016 Just like the book! The Brain That Changes Itself. Did you notice the poster of the ear on the wall?m I would love to see images of how our brains changed themselves with our CIs! I will try to find something - at least Brain should have some scans. Yes - I have been searching a suitable video - and connected dots pretty easily! First signs of neuroplasticity actually reminded Frenzel who invented glasses for observing eye movements as the consequences of central (brain) or peripheral (vestibular) conditions. One of his patients had ataxia and couldn't touch his nose. After several weeks, when the patient returned to the regular check up - he done it perfectly. Frenzel was astonished but that is how he developed these ataxia exercises which has to be repeated for several weeks constantly. Who would say this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Ivana Marinac Posted February 22, 2016 Author HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted February 22, 2016 So - let's try with this article. http://tinyurl.com/hwx4abb It's free to download for a personal use. Mary Beth 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Ivana Marinac Posted February 22, 2016 Author HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted February 22, 2016 http://brain.oxfordjournals.org/content/136/12/3682 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Ivana Marinac Posted February 22, 2016 Author HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted February 22, 2016 Page 123 http://tinyurl.com/j788f6m Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Mary Beth Posted February 22, 2016 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted February 22, 2016 Fascinating reading! I knew my brain was quite busy! Ivana Marinac 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Mary Beth Posted February 22, 2016 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted February 22, 2016 I'm confused trying to understand the images on page 123. Can you explain them a bit for me please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Ivana Marinac Posted February 22, 2016 Author HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted February 22, 2016 I'm confused trying to understand the images on page 123. Can you explain them a bit for me please? This figure show you 4 patients respectively to the time they have been deafened and implanted; what are their speech recognition scores and their individual PET scans which show where and how intensive is their brain activity/metabolism. PET scan actually measures the metabolism of glucose indirectly talking us a story which parts are active/alive and how well these parts functions. Brain only use glucose as food this is the foundation of PET scan. The individual result correlates with the activity - less active brain (less blue) lower % of sentence score. Hope I haven't complicated too much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Mary Beth Posted February 22, 2016 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted February 22, 2016 Got it thanks! Ivana Marinac 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Ivana Marinac Posted February 23, 2016 Author HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted February 23, 2016 Of course, this is far too less to make general conclusions. For that, you need statistically significant population. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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