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The brain's refusal to stay the shape it was born in.
means The capacity of a material, system, or nervous system to be permanently reshaped by experience or force.
from From Greek plastikos, able to be molded, the same root that gives us plastic and plaster; the brain borrowed the word to brag about its rewiring.
Neural factLondon cabbies grow larger memory centers from learning streets.
Versus elasticPlastic change stays put; elastic snaps back.
LifelongAdult brains rewire too, just slower than childhood.