Neuroplasticity explained: how repetition rewires the brain

by Katrina Karan: Science

Repetition is the whole mechanism | neuroplasticity is what we call the brain physically rewiring itself when something gets done over and over. fMRI work shows the payoff: neural connections get stronger, the basal ganglia (where habits live) fires harder, and the prefrontal cortex stops having to consciously decide every step. Learning in progress has been described as fireworks, little sparks reaching toward each other and forming connections as it happens. Wild to picture it that way