Plasticity

Plasticity has a number of meanings in psychology:


 * Phenotypic plasticity: Describes the degree to which an organism's phenotype is determined by its genotype.


 * Neuroplasticity: Entire brain structures can change to better cope with the environment. Specifically, when an area of the brain is damaged and non-functional, another area may take over some of the function.  This is known as neuroplasticity.


 * Synaptic plasticity: In neuroscience, plasticity is a property of a neuron or synapse to change its internal parameters in response to its history.