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 NY Times: What Everyone Should Know About the Brain’s Ability to Heal By Jill Bolte Taylor - Dr. Taylor is a neuroscientist who has experienced a severe stroke.

Not only are we able to grow some new neurons — a process called neurogenesis — especially in the sites where physical trauma has occurred, our brain cells are capable of neuroplasticity, which means they can rearrange which other neurons they are in communication with.