Not long ago, scientists believed that the brain was a fixed and hardwired machine; meaning that brain damage was permanent, hopeless, and untreatable.
That belief has changed in recent decades and now scientists have a different understanding of how the brain works.
Neuroplasticity, also known as neural plasticity or brain plasticity, is the ability of neural networks in the brain to change through growth and reorganization. It is when the brain is rewired to function in some way that differs from how it previously functioned.
By definition, neuroplasticity means the brain is malleable and adaptable, changing moment by moment of every day.
Dr. Caroline Leaf, a Christian scientist and author of the book, Switch on Your Brain, states that our mind shapes our brain.
“Our brain is changing moment by moment as we are thinking. By our thinking and choosing, we are redesigning the landscape of our brain.”
We can literally rewire our brain by the things we think.
Romans 12:2 says, “Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.”
It’s as if science is catching up with the Bible.
