Lifelong plasticity is a core principle of neuroscience, yet it operates within real limits shaped by effort, stress and ...

The brain seeks novelty. Passive tasks can lead to skill decline. Challenging the brain with new learning, like a new language, may build cognitive reserve and memory confidence.

This Collection supports and amplifies research related to SDG 3 and SDG 4. The interplay between neural plasticity and learning is a vibrant and continually evolving field of study. It provides the ...

At this very moment (yes, even as you scroll through this), your brain is pulling off a quiet, awe-inspiring feat. It’s adapting, reconfiguring, making new connections, and letting go of the ones it ...

New research on the hippocampus, a brain area essential for memory, suggests that new rules of synaptic plasticity best explain how brain activity continually reshapes the way memories are recorded in ...

Let’s start with a truth bomb: your brain is not broken. If you’ve ever found yourself wandering into a room and forgetting why or rereading the same paragraph for the fourth time, you’re not alone.

A new narrative review unpacks how coffee may sharpen thinking and protect the brain while highlighting why its true mechanisms remain elusive. Neurocognitive and Neurological Effects of Coffee and ...

Neurons activated by the psychedelic 5-MeO-DMT light up across an entire hemisphere of the mouse brain. In this 3D image, colors cycle with depth and the tissue has been spatially distorted to mimic ...

What if your brain could improve faster than you think? Here’s how a 12-week plan can boost focus, memory, and mental energy.

Researchers are testing a new approach to repair early memory loss by protecting brain connections affected in Alzheimer’s ...