Neuroscientists from Johns Hopkins University and Cambridge University say that our understanding of brains rewiring themselves may be incorrect. According to an article published in Science Alert, current research does not prove the theory that the brain rewires or reorganizes itself by repurposing regions of the brain. Instead, these two argue in eLife, the brain changes by relying on neural connections that either are under-utilized or lay dormant.

This fascinating argument does not undermine the idea that neurofeedback may be learning for the brain, but it does make more fragile the notion that neurofeedback causes the brain to create new functions that were not present before.

More research will be required on this subject, and it is guaranteed to be exciting for those who are interested in neuroscience.

You may read the interesting Science Alert article here and the eLife article here.