Tommy Wood
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Tommy Wood is a neuroscientist, physician and athletic performance consultant.
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4 facts on wiqqi (opens wiqqi.app)
- Now: Associate professor of pediatrics and neuroscience, University of Washington (as of November 2026) (opens wiqqi.app)
- Education: BA in natural sciences (biochemistry), Cambridge, 2007; BM BCh, Oxford, 2011; PhD in physiology and neuroscience, University of Oslo, 2017 (opens wiqqi.app)
- Also: Founding trustee and director, British Society for Lifestyle Medicine; performance consultant to professional athletes (opens wiqqi.app)
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2 channels on ppll (opens ppll.app)
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26 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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The adult brain's stock of neurons is essentially fixed, and that is no limit on learning, because plasticity is the changing of connections between the cells you already have. (opens korrents.com)
“But just because we have a fixed relatively fixed number of cells doesn't mean that we can't change the connections between those cells. And that's happening all the time. And that is, you know, the main principle of…”
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Neuroplasticity is as much the removal of connections as the growth of new ones, so pruning is a form of learning rather than a form of decay. (opens korrents.com)
“A lot of people don't realize that particularly brain development, but then also the refining of functions in the brain through neuroplasticity includes the pruning or removal of signapses. Often we think about it's…”
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Putting older adults into activities that are genuinely new to them improves cognitive function in randomised trials, with executive function the most reliable gain. (opens korrents.com)
“However, there's an increasing body of literature that shows that by engaging older adults in novel cognitive activities, you see improvements in function. So that can be language learning. Uh that can be uh complex…”
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The adult brain's stock of neurons is essentially fixed, and that is no limit on learning, because plasticity is the changing of connections between the cells you already have. (opens korrents.com)