This article is a PT RESOURCE. JoAnn Deak, one of our favorite thinkers reminds us that when the window opens, sculpt your brain!
If you’re up on the latest neurological research, you know that experiencing challenge is what educator and psychologist JoAnn Deak, PhD, might say is a fine time for some brain sculpting. A developing PC (the decision making/social relating prefrontal cortex), along with an anterior cingulate cortex (tasked with error detection and emotional regulation) need to work together in order for things to ‘click’ thereby brain sculpting! “If I never get a wrong answer, or make a mess of things or struggle, it doesn’t change my brain,” says Deak. But how does that work? READ MORE @RaisingAZKids…