Because it is a 'use it or lose it' brain, when we develop a map area [in the brain], we long to keep it activated. Just as our muscles become impatient for exercise if we've been sitting all day...
The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science (ed. Penguin, 2007) - ISBN: 9781101147115
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