My KFSH AHA Moment

KFSH Aha Moment

I went on a field trip with the whole eighth grade to King Fahad Specialist Hospital. We went there to learn about the brain and it's senses. We also learned about what physiotherapists do to rehabilitate people that are disabled. This field trip was organized by Nadine De Clercq and Mrs Ahmed. During this event Dr Hani and Lina ElSabbagh presented to the whole group about the brain.

My main aha moment in the whole field trip was when Dr Hani explained about neuroplasticity. Neuroplasticity is when a neuron in the brain is damaged and another neuron comes to help it. Neurons are basically wires that send messages from our brain to different parts of our bodies. When one of those neurons is damaged it cuts off the massages getting to a certain part of your body. However, physiotherapists exercise the part of the body where the messages were cut off from. If they exercise this part enough, eventually other neurons take over the function of the damaged neuron. After a long time of constant exercise this certain part of the body works independently. I found that this was the most interesting part of the presentation.

Nina Carlos-De Clercq