Breakthroughs International Conference, Malaysia – 2020
In her talk ‘Move to Play and Grow’ Vaishali Bafna presented her study on the partnership of movement and development through an in depth analysis of Visioncircles – an EduK program by Gail Dennison – aligning it with the research of developmental psychologists Jean Piaget, William Perry, Kohlberg, John Snarey, James Fowler, Selman, Kagan and Jane Loveinger.
Neuroplasticity – or brain plasticity – is the ability of the brain to modify its connections or re-wire itself. The basic structure of the brain is established before birth by your genes. But its continued development relies heavily on a process called developmental plasticity, where developmental processes change neurons and synaptic connections.