Taking responsibility for the shaping of our brain

Avec : Richard Davidson

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If we cultivate healthy habits of mind, we can change the brain in ways that will enable well-being.

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What did I learn through neuroscientific study of the mind?

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Neuroplasticity is simply a
word that refers to the fact

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that the brain changes in
response to experience

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and in response to training.

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The brain is constantly being
shaped wittingly or unwittingly.

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And most of the time I think the brain
is being shaped unwittingly.

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Most of the time we are unaware

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of all the forces around us
which are shaping our brain.

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And the invitation
in the work that we do

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is simply that we can all
take more responsibility

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for the shaping of our own brains.

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If we cultivate healthy habits of mind,

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we know from hard nosed
neuroscientific research

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that the intentional
cultivation of these positive

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qualities of the mind
can actually change the brain

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in ways that will enable
well-being and other positive

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qualities like compassion and
generosity to endure.

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Neuroplasticity is simply a word that refers to the fact that the brain changes in response to experience and in response to training. The brain is constantly being shaped wittingly or unwittingly. And most of the time I think the brain is being shaped unwittingly. Most of the time we are unaware of all the forces around us which are shaping our brain. And the invitation in the work that we do is simply that we can all take more responsibility for the shaping of our own brains. If we cultivate healthy habits of mind, we know from hard nosed neuroscientific research that the intentional cultivation of these positive qualities of the mind can actually change the brain in ways that will enable well-being and other positive qualities like compassion and generosity to endure.