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> [Your brain - every brain - is a work in progress. It is 'plastic.' From the day we're born to the day we die, it continuously revises and remodels, improving or slowly declining, as a function of how we use…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-merzenich/your-brain-every-brain-is-a-work-in-progress-it-is-plastic-from-the/)

[Michael Merzenich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-merzenich/)

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## More by Michael Merzenich

> [The patterns of activity of neurons in sensory areas can be altered by patterns of attention. Experience coupled with attention leads to physical changes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-merzenich/the-patterns-of-activity-of-neurons-in-sensory-areas-can-be-altered/)

[Michael Merzenich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-merzenich/)

> [My brain power depends on my retained mastery of analyzing in detail what's happening in my world and in my mind and body. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-merzenich/my-brain-power-depends-on-my-retained-mastery-of-analyzing-in-detail/)

[Michael Merzenich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-merzenich/)

> [My mantra: Brainless exercise is a lost opportunity for improvement.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-merzenich/my-mantra-brainless-exercise-is-a-lost-opportunity-for-improvement/)

[Michael Merzenich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-merzenich/)

> [The Internet is just one of those things that contemporary humans can spend millions of 'practice' events at, that the average human a thousand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-merzenich/the-internet-is-just-one-of-those-things-that-contemporary-humans-can/)

[Michael Merzenich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-merzenich/)

> [To learn is to change how you think.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-merzenich/to-learn-is-to-change-how-you-think/)

[Michael Merzenich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-merzenich/)

> [Rather marvelously, the older brain only permits change when it judges that change to be important, rewarding or good for it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-merzenich/rather-marvelously-the-older-brain-only-permits-change-when-it-judges/)

[Michael Merzenich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-merzenich/)

> [If a brain is exercised properly, anyone can grow intelligence, at any age, and potentially by a lot. Or you can just let your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-merzenich/if-a-brain-is-exercised-properly-anyone-can-grow-intelligence-at-any/)

[Michael Merzenich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-merzenich/)

> [Learning a new skill can change hundreds of millions of cortical connections.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-merzenich/learning-a-new-skill-can-change-hundreds-of-millions-of-cortical/)

[Michael Merzenich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-merzenich/)

> [Your brain - every brain - is a work in progress. It is 'plastic.' From the day we're born to the day we die,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-merzenich/your-brain-every-brain-is-a-work-in-progress-it-is-plastic-from-the/)

[Michael Merzenich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-merzenich/)

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