Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
plasticité cérébrale
English translation:
(brain) plasticity
Added to glossary by
ormiston
Feb 18, 2012 13:24
12 yrs ago
1 viewer *
French term
plasticité cérébrale
French to English
Social Sciences
Science (general)
repercussions of Nanotechnology
In fact I don't really see why it is preceded by 'à' either
La convergence des nanotechnologies avec les sciences de la communication par des liaisons à distance de capteurs avec des ordinateurs ne peut que susciter des interrogations en instaurant à dessein un contrôle des personnes avec effraction de la sphère privée. Une humanité qui serait aliénée, à la plasticité cérébrale contrôlée à distance par des structures plus ou moins malveillantes, doit pouvoir être alertée à l’avance de cette possibilité.
La convergence des nanotechnologies avec les sciences de la communication par des liaisons à distance de capteurs avec des ordinateurs ne peut que susciter des interrogations en instaurant à dessein un contrôle des personnes avec effraction de la sphère privée. Une humanité qui serait aliénée, à la plasticité cérébrale contrôlée à distance par des structures plus ou moins malveillantes, doit pouvoir être alertée à l’avance de cette possibilité.
Proposed translations
(English)
3 +2 | (brain) plasticity | DLyons |
4 +1 | neuroplasticity | SJLD |
4 +1 | cerebral plasticity | Nils Andersson |
Proposed translations
+2
2 mins
Selected
(brain) plasticity
I'd just use "plasticity".
--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 21 mins (2012-02-18 13:45:39 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------
Plasticity is much used in term of neural connections. So I think it means a sort of neural rewiring in the human context. Currently insect flight is controllable by implants.
--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 21 mins (2012-02-18 13:45:39 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------
Plasticity is much used in term of neural connections. So I think it means a sort of neural rewiring in the human context. Currently insect flight is controllable by implants.
Note from asker:
I now understand that the 'à' qualifies 'humanité' but do you think it literally mean pour brains will become high-tech 'plasticized?' |
Peer comment(s):
agree |
Damien Poussier
: "Plasticity" refers to the ability of the brain to create new connections. A baby's brain has a high plasticity, because connections can be very easily created. Plasticity here is referring I think to the influence you can have on a brain's development.
2 hrs
|
Thanks Damien.
|
|
agree |
rkillings
: But "brain plasticity" is all the rage. Skip the brackets.
2 days 18 hrs
|
Thanks rkillings.
|
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "thank you, I opted for this. English medical terms often turn out to be more everyday and less 'cerebral' than the French! "
+1
33 mins
neuroplasticity
But research in the past few years has overthrown the dogma. In its place has come the realization that the adult brain retains impressive powers of "neuroplasticity"--the ability to change its structure and function in response to experience. These aren't minor tweaks either. Something as basic as the function of the visual or auditory cortex can change as a result of a person's experience of becoming deaf or blind at a young age. Even when the brain suffers a trauma late in life, it can rezone itself like a city in a frenzy of urban renewal. If a stroke knocks out, say, the neighborhood of motor cortex that moves the right arm, a new technique called constraint-induced movement therapy can coax next-door regions to take over the function of the damaged area. The brain can be rewired.
Read more: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1580438,00....
Read more: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1580438,00....
+1
1 hr
cerebral plasticity
It is simple, direct and exact. But any of the previous suggestions
are OK too.
are OK too.
Reference comments
1 hr
Discussion