The Enhanced Learning Skills System is based on Brain Plasticity. So what is it? It does not mean that our brains are made of plastic. What it does mean is that our brains have the ability to grow and develop over time. Our brains continually learn every day.
When new information is repeated over and over the brain sets up new synapses (pathways) to easily retain and recall. The same holds true when working with ELSK programs. The key for students is activating certain chemicals in the brain to ensure the plasticity sticks.
Our brains have the ability to be reorganized and allow for new neural pathways to develop alongside presently blocked pathways. This allows for students to create a clean slate in their brain for teachers, tutors, etc. to begin writing and storing information.
According to the theory of neuroplasticity, thinking, learning, and acting actually change both the brain's physical structure (anatomy) and functional organization (physiology) from top to bottom. Canadian psychiatrist Norman Doidge has in fact stated that neuroplasticity is "one of the most extraordinary discoveries of the twentieth century."
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuroplasticity
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/plast.html
