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[[Neuroplasticity]], also known as brain plasticity, is an umbrella term that describes lasting change to the brain throughout an beings life course. [[Neuroplasticity]] can occur at small scales, such as physical changes to individual [[Neurons]], or at whole-brain scales, such as cortical remapping in response to injury; however cortical remapping only occurs during a certain time period meaning that if a child were injured and it resulted in brain damage then cortical remapping would most likely occur, however if an adult was injured and it resulted in brain damage, then cortical remapping would not occur since the brain has made the majority of its connections. Behavior, environmental stimuli, thought, and emotions may also cause neuroplastic change, which has significant implications for healthy development, learning, memory, and recovery from brain damage.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuroplasticity Neuroplasticity]</ref>