How big is the potential of the human brain, and how can neuroplasticity technology turn ordinary people into superhumans? not so exaggerated

In the 1980s and 1990s, there were often rumors about the potential development of the human brain. Some said that the developed brain could have the ability to foresee the future, and some said that the stimulation of the potential of the brain could give people special functions. , in short, dare to think and dare to blow.

Although it seems that these rumors are very outrageous, they did attract a group of believers at the time. The reason for this was on the one hand because people at that time were not very scientifically literate, on the other hand, because the brain was indeed a very intelligent Mysterious organs. Everything we say, do, think, and think comes from the brain, and the function of the brain is indeed more powerful than we know, so human beings have never stopped researching the brain. So how big is the potential of the brain, and can these potentials be stimulated? At present, a relatively cutting-edge research project on the development of brain potential in the world is neuroplasticity technology. What is neuroplasticity technology? In layman's terms, it is the function of the brain, which is plastic.

Everyone's brain structure is different, which is closely related to everyone's life and occupation.

For example, athletes, scientists have found in research that the difference between athletes and ordinary people is not only the degree of muscle development, but also the difference in the brain. This difference mainly exists in the neural connections in the brain areas related to sports. However, this difference is definitely not present at birth. The generation of this difference is acquired and caused by continuous training of motor skills, which fully shows that the brain is plastic.

The same example also happened to taxi drivers and bus drivers. Through the study of the brain structure of some volunteers, it was found that the gray matter content of the hippocampus of the taxi drivers' brains was higher, indicating that the taxi drivers had better memory ability. The reason is that the daily driving routes of taxi drivers are different, and they need to keep memorizing the routes, while the driving routes of bus drivers are fixed, so there is no need to continuously add new route memories. Brain structure changes, evidence of brain plasticity.

Compared with ordinary people, brain plasticity is more obvious in patients with brain damage.

The study found that when a certain brain area of ​​a patient is damaged, other brain areas will gradually take over the functions of the damaged brain area, and have abilities that they did not have originally, and this phenomenon is also called "" Compensation Phenomenon".

The phenomenon of compensation is like a football team. When both the goalkeeper and the substitute goalkeeper are injured and retired, they have to let an ordinary player take the place of the goalkeeper. At first, the temporary goalkeeper is basically better than nothing, but if every game, the goalkeeper and the substitute goalkeeper are injured. In the end, the ordinary player's goalkeeping skills will continue to improve and eventually become a real goalkeeper. The phenomenon of compensation is a good proof that the brain has plasticity, so since the brain has plasticity, how can we actively use the plasticity of the brain to enhance the function of the brain? This is neuroplasticity technology.

Research on neuroplasticity actually started as early as the middle of the last century, but real progress has been made in recent years.

A more classic technique is the "translingual nerve stimulation technique". This technique uses electrical stimulation of the patient's tongue with a fixed frequency during the recovery training process of the patient with brain injury. It is much faster without stimulation, and even if the brain has been injured for many years, the recovery training through the translingual nerve stimulation technique can still gradually restore part of the motor ability, which means that the neuroplasticity of the brain is activated again.

The brain is not only used to direct the movement of the body, its more important function is to think, and research has found that after the recovery training through the translingual nerve stimulation technology, the patient's cognitive ability is also significantly improved in addition to the recovery of motor ability, concentration and concentration. Learning ability is significantly enhanced.

The reason why the patient's motor and cognitive ability can be significantly enhanced through translingual nerve stimulation technology is that electrical stimulation improves human neuroplasticity, so this technology can not only be applied to patients with brain injury, but also can help normal people improve their neurological properties. plasticity, thereby enhancing brain function.

After the success of translingual nerve stimulation technology, some research institutions have gradually introduced transcranial magnetic stimulation technology and transcranial direct current stimulation technology. Transcranial magnetic stimulation technology can accurately stimulate a certain brain area, and even directly control a certain root of the human body. Finger movement, but the disadvantage is that the device is very bulky and difficult to intervene in a certain nerve area for a long time, while the transcranial direct current stimulation technology, the device is light and only needs to place electrodes on the scalp, but the disadvantage is that it is not possible to do it right now. Precise intervention in a specific area. However, the prospect of neuroplasticity research is very broad. Neuroplasticity technology can indeed stimulate the potential of the brain and improve the function of the brain. In the future, there is even hope that a certain ability of the human brain can be accurately improved, such as cognitive learning ability or logic. decision-making ability, etc. However, neuroplasticity technology only improves the function of the brain, and it is impossible to turn ordinary people into superhumans.