Resilience and Rehabilitation
Research (as least upon rats) suggests that environment enrichment might reduce the effects or ameliorate the cognitive impairments caused by a diverse variety of conditions and neurological disorders.
- Aging, (also in dogs)
- Alzheimer's disease
- Autism
- Huntington's disease
- Parkinson's disease
- Stroke
- Chronic spinal cord injuries
- Amblyopia
- Rett syndrome
- Autism
- Prenatal and perinatal cocaine exposure
- Fetal alcohol syndrome
- Lead exposure
- Prenatal and maternal separation stress
- Child neglect
- Sensory deprivation
Read more about this topic: Environmental Enrichment (neural)
Famous quotes containing the word resilience:
“Toddlers who don’t learn gradually about disappointment lose their resilience through lack of practice in give-and-take with other people’s needs. They can become self-centered, demanding, and difficult to like or to be with.”
—Alicia F. Lieberman (20th century)