Neuroplasticity

Neuroplasticity
mediaX at Stanford University - Mackenzie Room, Jen-Hsun Huang Engineering Center
Humans are unparalleled sense-making machines. Try as we might, there is no substitute (yet) for the human brain. At the same time, the pace of information and technological change has increased, and shows no sign of slowing. Throughout history, we have relied on technology to increase our performance and effectiveness, to great success. However, technological change is now accelerating so quickly, the human brain can no longer keep pace. Our brains have not experienced the same "upgrade" that machines have enjoyed. Compounding this issue, technology itself creates cognitive overload. How does the human sense-making machine meet this challenge? It is time to do the same thing with our wetware that we do with our hardware. To meet the sense-making challenges of the future we need to upgrade the human brain. Together we will explore the amazing features of the human brain and how we can further enhance our senses to meet the challenges of the modern world.