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Heart Smarts
O, The Oprah Magazine  |  From the October 2006 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine
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Learn something new. Love something you do.
Continuing to challenge the brain and being passionately engaged increases neuroplasticity, prompting the growth of extra connections. If you then have an injury like a stroke, the brain is better able to compensate for the trauma and lessen its effects.
Printed from Oprah.com on Saturday, May 25, 2013
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