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You can grow new brain cells. Here's how

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October 10, 2015

Sandrine Thuret: You can grow new brain cells. Here's how

11:04 minutes · Filmed Jun 2015 · Posted Oct 2015 · TED@BCG London

Until recently, it was believed that adult brains simply didn't grow new brain cells -- what we developed as children was all we got. But now we know our brains can grow new nerve cells, in a process called neurogenesis, throughout our entire lives. Neuroscientist Sandrine Thuret studies how we do that, and offers research and practical advice on how we can help our brains grow -- and why we should.

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