Wacky Brain Facts About Learning

      Need to learn new things everytime right, your brain is always changing. From about six weeks in the embryo until you die, your brain constantly changes connections and grows new cells.2. YOUR BRAIN GETS BORED.Once you’re familiar with a particular subject, your brain actually reduces blood flow to those areas. That leads to daydreaming, attention loss, and general apathy. So that’s why I didn’t do well in Honors American History. I already knew it all!3. YOUR CELLS CHANGE WHEN YOU LEARN STUFF.Learning new things actually helps your brain cells do things more efficiently by reinforcing the myelin sheath. Some scientists think this is what causes muscle memory.4. SLEEPS HELPS YOU REMEMBER THINGS.Losing sleep can actually lead to worse memory recall. That’s because your brain stores new info while you’re catching ZZZs.5. YOUR BRAIN ALSO HAS CELLS CALLED GLIA.Glia, Greek for glue, keep your nerve cells together. They also make your neuron cells more efficient. For a while scientists thought they didn’t really do anything, but it turns out that they help reinforce axons. Shows what they know!6. IT’S ALWAYS IN FLUX.Neuroplasticity is the fancy science word for how your brain changes. It doesn’t mean that your noggin is made out of plastic, but it does mean that your cells and their connections are always in flux.7. YOUR BRAIN ADAPTS TO DAMAGE.According to Sharpbrains, when you damage portions of your brain, it can re-learn the same tasks in different parts of the brain. It proves that you can teach old dogs new tricks.