The biggest finding in brain research in the last ten years is that the brain at any age is highly adaptable, or “plastic, ” as neurologists put it.

近十年里我们对大脑研究最重要的发现，就是大脑在任何年龄段都极具潜力，或是按神经病学家的说法，叫“可塑性”。

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We know that interconnections between the reward circuitry and the parts of the brain involved in emotion, memory and cognition are themselves plastic and experience-modifiable.

这问题相当之妙。我们知道，奖励机制和情绪相关的大脑部分，及记忆和认识之间的相关联系，这些本身都是具有塑性，可能凭经验而改变的。

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As consultant David Rock wrote in the journal Strategy + Business, recent neuroscience research has found that "the human brain is highly plastic."

就像戴维·洛克咨询师在期刊《策略+生意》中所描述的一样，最近的神经系统研究已经发现“人类的大脑有很大的可塑性。”

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And a baby's brain is plastic, able to reprogram one area to substitute for another.

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Langer designed a dime-size plastic wafer inserted into the brain during tumor removal.

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"Character and personality changes are fairly pervasive with motor vehicle accidents, " he said, but added that the brain was changeable or "plastic" and repaired itself over time to varying extents.

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