"Mind like Wickerwork": The Neuroplastic Aesthetics of Chaucer's House of Tidings.

Description: Reads the House of Rumor in HF as "an echo object through which we can recover Chaucer's complex and dynamic view of human cognition." Reads the basket-like structure as Chaucer's "uncanny" anticipation of "neuroplasticity," the "capability of the brain to reorganize its neural circuitry in response to an external stimulus or a deficit in cognitive function." Emphasizes human volition in cognitive processes.