誰說一個人生下來的大腦就一生不變的？我們的大腦是我們身體中唯一可改變、可延展和可修改的器官！我們的思想、感覺、信念和態度可以正面或負面的影響我們身體的機能。 [1][2]
Brains are unchangeable? Think again! Our brain is the only organ in our body that is changeable, malleable, and modifiable. Our thoughts, feelings, beliefs, and attitudes can positively or negatively affect our biological functioning. [1][2]
Brains are unchangeable? Think again! Our brain is the only organ in our body that is changeable, malleable, and modifiable. Our thoughts, feelings, beliefs, and attitudes can positively or negatively affect our biological functioning. [1][2]
思想和身體之間沒有真正的分割，因為我們所有的大腦和神經系統、內分泌系統和免疫系統，都在不斷地相互交流。我們身體的所有器官和我們所有的情緒反應都有共同的化學語言。 [3]
過去科學家認為我們的大腦是靜止不能改變的，直到最近幾十年，研究才認識到大腦能夠根據生活事件而改變其結構和功能，這個過程被稱為「神經可塑性」 (Neuroplasticity)。[4]
There is no real division between mind and body because they are constantly communicating with each other – all our brain and neurological, endocrine and immune systems. All the organs of our body and all the emotional responses we have share common chemical languages. [3]
In the past, scientist thought our brains are static. Until in the recent decades, research recognized the brain’s ability to change its structure and function in response to life’s events and this process is called NEUROPLASTICITY. [4]
過去科學家認為我們的大腦是靜止不能改變的，直到最近幾十年，研究才認識到大腦能夠根據生活事件而改變其結構和功能，這個過程被稱為「神經可塑性」 (Neuroplasticity)。[4]
There is no real division between mind and body because they are constantly communicating with each other – all our brain and neurological, endocrine and immune systems. All the organs of our body and all the emotional responses we have share common chemical languages. [3]
In the past, scientist thought our brains are static. Until in the recent decades, research recognized the brain’s ability to change its structure and function in response to life’s events and this process is called NEUROPLASTICITY. [4]
美國神經生物學家Carla Shatz 以簡單押韻的一句，解釋提昌神經心理學的加拿大心理學家 Donald Hebb的赫布理論：「神經元一齊開火，一齊串連」來描述大腦中的連結是如何透過重複形成和加強的。 [5][6]
簡單來說，每當我們反覆感知、感受、渴望和思考任何東西，這個過程都會慢慢塑造大腦神經結構和能力。 [7]
American neurobiologist, Carla Shatz, paraphrased Canadian psychologist who proposed neuropsychology, Donald Hebb's principle in a rhyme, “Neurons that fire together, wire together”, to describe how pathways in the brain are formed and reinforced through repetition. [5][6]
In simple words, anything we repeatedly sense and feel and want and think is slowly but surely sculpting neural structure and capabilities. [7]
簡單來說，每當我們反覆感知、感受、渴望和思考任何東西，這個過程都會慢慢塑造大腦神經結構和能力。 [7]
American neurobiologist, Carla Shatz, paraphrased Canadian psychologist who proposed neuropsychology, Donald Hebb's principle in a rhyme, “Neurons that fire together, wire together”, to describe how pathways in the brain are formed and reinforced through repetition. [5][6]
In simple words, anything we repeatedly sense and feel and want and think is slowly but surely sculpting neural structure and capabilities. [7]
經驗依賴性可塑性
Experience-dependant Neuroplasticit
大腦是不斷學習的器官，可以通過我們的經驗來改變。
The brain is the organ that learns and can be changed by our experiences.
The brain is the organ that learns and can be changed by our experiences.
所有的心理活動—包括視覺和聽覺、思想和感覺、有意識和無意識的過程—都是基於潛在的神經活動。重複的心理/神經活動，尤其是有意識的活動，會在神經結構中留下持久的印記。精神狀態成為神經特徵。隨著時間的流逝，我們的思想正在構建我們的大腦。那麼生活經驗對我們的大腦有什麼影響呢？當我們對周圍發生的事情做出反應時，我們的思想要麼依賴積極情緒，要麼依賴消極情緒。
All mental activity, including sights and sounds, thoughts and feelings, conscious and unconscious processes, is based on underlying neural activity. Repeated mental/neural activity, especially if it is conscious, will leave enduring imprint in neural structure. Mental states become neural traits. As days gone by, our mind is building our brain. So how does experience matter to our brain? When we react to what’s happening around us, our mind either rests upon positive or negative emotions.
All mental activity, including sights and sounds, thoughts and feelings, conscious and unconscious processes, is based on underlying neural activity. Repeated mental/neural activity, especially if it is conscious, will leave enduring imprint in neural structure. Mental states become neural traits. As days gone by, our mind is building our brain. So how does experience matter to our brain? When we react to what’s happening around us, our mind either rests upon positive or negative emotions.
如果我們繼續把心放在好的事件上，包括愉快的感覺、我們完成的事情、良好動機意圖和品格上，隨著時間過去，我們的大腦會成為有力量和韌性、帶積極情緒和存在感。
相反，如果我們繼續把注意力集中在自我批評、擔憂、抱怨他人、傷害和壓力上，那麼我們的大腦就會變得更容易反應和受到焦慮抑鬱情緒的影響，更加關注威脅和損失，並產生對憤怒、悲傷和內疚的傾向。 [8]
If we keep resting our mind on good events and conditions, pleasant feelings, the things we do get done, physical pleasures, and our good intentions and qualities, then over time our brain will have a shape that is with strength and resilience, positive mood and a sense of worth, hard-wired into it.
On the opposite, if we keep resting our mind upon self-criticism, worries, grumbling about others, hurts, and stress, then our brain will be shaped into greater reactivity, vulnerability to anxiety and depressed mood, a narrow focus on threats and losses, and inclinations toward anger, sadness, and guilt. [8]
相反，如果我們繼續把注意力集中在自我批評、擔憂、抱怨他人、傷害和壓力上，那麼我們的大腦就會變得更容易反應和受到焦慮抑鬱情緒的影響，更加關注威脅和損失，並產生對憤怒、悲傷和內疚的傾向。 [8]
If we keep resting our mind on good events and conditions, pleasant feelings, the things we do get done, physical pleasures, and our good intentions and qualities, then over time our brain will have a shape that is with strength and resilience, positive mood and a sense of worth, hard-wired into it.
On the opposite, if we keep resting our mind upon self-criticism, worries, grumbling about others, hurts, and stress, then our brain will be shaped into greater reactivity, vulnerability to anxiety and depressed mood, a narrow focus on threats and losses, and inclinations toward anger, sadness, and guilt. [8]
自我導向神經可塑性
Self-directed neuroplasticity
那我們可以重塑我們的大腦嗎？ 好消息是可以的！ 重新組合及連接神經的能力是人類大腦的一個關鍵特徵。 [8][9]
我們每個人都有能力讓自己的大腦變得更好。與其對環境做出反應，面對工作和家庭、科技和媒體資訊的壓力，我們可以有意識地掌控自己的思想並做出選擇去回應。
通過採取積極的回應，我們正為自己將日常經歷轉化為良好的大腦神經結構。
Can we reshape our brain? The good news is yes! The ability to rewire neural connections is a key feature of the human brain. [8][9]
Each one of us has the power to change his or her brain for the better. Instead of reacting to the environment, for example pressures at work and home, technology and media, we can consciously take charge of our mind and make a choice to respond to the situation.
By taking active choices, we allow ourselves to turn everyday experiences into good neural structure.
我們每個人都有能力讓自己的大腦變得更好。與其對環境做出反應，面對工作和家庭、科技和媒體資訊的壓力，我們可以有意識地掌控自己的思想並做出選擇去回應。
通過採取積極的回應，我們正為自己將日常經歷轉化為良好的大腦神經結構。
Can we reshape our brain? The good news is yes! The ability to rewire neural connections is a key feature of the human brain. [8][9]
Each one of us has the power to change his or her brain for the better. Instead of reacting to the environment, for example pressures at work and home, technology and media, we can consciously take charge of our mind and make a choice to respond to the situation.
By taking active choices, we allow ourselves to turn everyday experiences into good neural structure.
