How Much Can The Human Brain Learn | The Brain Fitness Program | Spark

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Published 2019-12-13
For years scientists believed that once the brain had gone through its critical period of childhood growth and learning, it had completed its development. The Brain Fitness Program dispels that contention by unveiling what over 50 international neuroscientists at the frontier of brain science have concluded about neuroplasticity — the brain’s ability to grow, learn, adapt, and even rewire itself beyond our youth and into old age.

Host Peter Coyote unravels the secrets and mysteries behind this cutting edge science to offer one of the most inspiring and optimistic views of human brain health – how to help the brain help itself. This program explores the foundation of these new discoveries and illustrates a system for strengthening the brain to make it perform with more agility, speed and comprehension particularly in the area of sound processing and hearing. It is based on the premise that if we exercise our brain, as we do our bodies, we can continue to operate at a high peak of attention in which all of our senses remain sharp and fully engaged until the last days of our lives.

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All Comments (21)
  • @nayanmipun6784
    Physical activity and the mental activity are both needed for brain well being
  • @Jay-mx2sv
    Test 2 subjects one hearing an audiobook and one reading the book. The eye bridge of info is the better way to obtain information. The eye is very magical.
  • @HealingMedicyn
    Literally every baseball player struck out 🤣👌🏼
  • @YourPledge
    We all have attributes that may never be discovered if we don't start thinking about it.. :)
  • @saulsavelis575
    Spark produces the best documentaries even better than BBC
  • @davidwilkie9551
    A "Theory of Everything" is continuous creation connection Principle mechanism of who, how and why, modulated memory association/sync. Great, relevant, focused documentary.
  • ”What we work at” should never be performed automatically, without presence, but training should be done automatic - after having gained enough skill. We train hard so that what we do as work has all of our soul in it. If we are to achieve actions on Way1
  • @markheaney
    It is interesting how different humans are than the other animals.
  • @terrybigler3690
    It is not that the brain stops learning rather that structural muscles and nerve connections degrade
  • @2trkpony471
    I only use 1% of my left brain and .00000001 of my right,and my pinal glad is calcified. :]
  • HOW DOES disabled POOR individuals THRU unforeseen circumstances, are they TO compete AND to keep up BRAIN HEALTH. When they are unable to exercise and aren't able to provide for some extras in life and are just barely scrapping by, what are we TO do?? PLEASE, answer these questions. Absolutely AS FOR the GEOCASHING, THAT I CAN SEE IS ONLY FOR AMBLITORY INDIVIDUALS AND THE MIDDLE CLASS AND ABOVE. FOR TO GO ON THESE KINDS OF EXCURSIONS, COSTS MONEY.... NONE OF WHICH WE HAVE. IN MY CASE AND IN MANY CASES OF THE BLUE COLLAR WORKERS IN THIS COUNTRY AND ALSO OUR MILITARY VETERANS, WE BUILT THIS COUNTRY AND PROTECTED IT...AND WE AREN'T VERY WELL OFF AND JUST PLAIN WORE OUT....WE FEEL AS IF WE ARE BEING MOVED ASIDE.
  • @Zen_Power
    If I learn something new I also forget something I used to know
  • @epasko5713
    Correct Title Is "Brain Fitness Peak performance" Great Show! The "?" is missing for a reason I because the Title question is never answered, I Love Peter as Narrator, So refreshing , to watch a great Doc. without the British accents :( Though they have the Most And the Best ones, Thanks SPARK! keep it up, I pick a Good documentary over a movie Every time!
  • @orange70383
    I don't want to "challenge" myself, I more than enough challenge of all kinds from life automatically.
  • @HotPants_1723
    The theory of everything includes the unknown. For example the iPhone 20X, what does it look like? I don't know exactly, but I have an idea. It'll probably look just like it does today but with more compact parts and app upgrades. The iPhone is already here. Just not seen yet. Everything that's not known yet, is already known before it exist. We have everything. And everything has its beginning. That beginning is before and after all, energy. So what you thought of, is already invented. However, above all this, I am more concerned how the bio chemicals in our body produce the energy of mind sight to anticipate now and the future. I believe an apple in physical form is the same in the mind. When we dream a deep sleep, we can almost feel, but with a numbness, our dreams surroundings. People, cars, planes, streets, sky, fire, water, trees, etc. Including sound. So if you eat an apple in physical form, it's portrayed in dreams the same way in feelings but different places at different times. For this I believe we must learn to dream in order to receive what God gave us all, life after death. Test people when there in deep sleep. It's better. And you should get reults. I'll volunteer🙋🏻‍♂️I know how to force myself to deep sleep. It's easy. But dangerous too. How? You could die in your dreams if you don't know how to wake up again. I'm sure some people died in their dreams and suddenly jumped outta bed. Or died in their dreams literally. Why? They thought their dream was really real. And in doing so, it's like the matrix, if the mind dies in the matrix, the body dies here. Be careful. This is no bull.
  • @zanthornton
    You should get an interpreter for deaf in USA. ASL is not English but more French syntax. So a terp sees ASL translate to English but physical expression so thought talk AND sign
  • @nickkulldude
    What are the odds of having the same number of cells in our brain as stars in the Milky Way. Coincidence? Interesting !