Cognitive and Brain Plasticity: Advances in Neuroscience

A person’s hidden cognitive potential or capacity within a particular set of situations is termed as cognitive plasticity. Brain plasticity, also known as neuroplasticity refers to the capacity of the neural networks of the brain to develop and reorganize. The two major types of neuroplasticity are functional neuroplasticity and structural neuroplasticity. The capacity of the brain to adapt and alter the neurons’ functional attributes is termed as functional neuroplasticity. Structural neur...