by Neil Bossenger | Aug 13, 2012 | Research, Spinewave Bulletin
Children who are mixed-handed, or ambidextrous, are more likely to have mental health, language and scholastic problems in childhood than right or left-handed children, according to a new study published in the journal Pediatrics. What is “normal”? Normal...
by Neil Bossenger | Jul 28, 2012 | Research, Spinewave Bulletin
Different functions in the brain, such as thinking and seeing, develop during varying time windows, as nerve cells form new connections called synapses. Though scientists used to think such development had clear peaks and then waned with age (image), evidence now...
by Neil Bossenger | Jun 21, 2012 | Research, Spinewave Bulletin
Hemisphericity is a functional problem created through exhausting the brain’s energy resources in an unbalanced way. It creates one-sided problems or neurological manifestations, like OCD or speech deficits, that tend to have laterality in either the left or...
by Neil Bossenger | May 11, 2012 | Research, Spinewave Bulletin
World-renowned neuroscientist and brain plasticity expert Dr Michael Merzenich discusses breakthrough research on brain plasticity in the video below. He also contributed to chapter 3 in Dr Norman Doidge’s book, The Brain that Changes Itself. Michael Merzenich...
by Neil Bossenger | Apr 30, 2012 | Research, Spinewave Bulletin
Hearing about the potential for change through chiropractic neurology is what first excited me about a career in chiropractic. Then some years later, discovering the mind-blowing possibilities of change through neuroplasticity is what motivated me to stay the course...
