About a decade ago, neuroscientists at the University College London published some fascinating research on the brain size ...

This post was co-authored by Justin James Kennedy, Ph.D., D.Prof. and Faye Cormick. Neuroscience plays a role in coaching, education, and therapy, specifically focusing on neuroplasticity—the brain’s ...

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 ...

Neuroplasticity, or brain plasticity, can be defined as the ability of the nervous system to alter its activity in response to a stimulus by reorganizing its structure, function, and neuronal ...

When it comes to defining neuroplasticity, there’s a little quiz that neuroscientist Sandra Bond Chapman, Ph.D., likes to pose. Think about how much control you have over changing the health of your ...

Perceptual learning refers to changes in an individual’s perceptual processes as a result of repeated practice or training. It is present in most human senses, including vision, hearing, touch, taste, ...

Understanding exactly how psychedelics promote new connections in the brain is critical to developing targeted, non-hallucinogenic therapeutics that can treat neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric ...

A 44-year-old French man lived normally despite losing 90% of his brain due to hydrocephalus, revealing the brain’s astonishing power of adaptability.

The brain's mechanisms for repairing injuries caused by trauma or degenerative diseases are not yet known in detail. Now, a ...

A few weeks ago, I laced up a pair of roller skates for the very first time. Actually, scratch that. I laced up a pair of roller skates for the first time in over two decades - after what can only be ...

When we talk about stroke recovery, most people think about medications, hospital care, and physiotherapy. What many don’t realise is that there’s something remarkable happening inside the brain ...