Practice, Practice, Practice

You have probably heard the saying, "Practice makes perfect." In fact, it is true. Brain research shows that practice really does make things easier. With plenty of practice, skills that were once very difficult become easy for us.

To understand how humans learn, scientists study the brain. Nerve cells inside the brain are called neurons. These cells work very hard to generate the fastest connections between the brain and other parts of the body. Neurons "talk" to each other. They constantly make connections and create new brain-to-body pathways.

Each time we practice a new skill, messages travel along the same pathways between the brain and other body parts. The connections grow stronger, and the pathways get smoother. With lots of practice, neurons dig very deep pathways. They are so deep that they become part of our memory. That is when a new skill becomes "automatic" or natural to us; we have learned something new.









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