An unprecedented increase in the number of older adults and consequent age-related cognitive declines may negatively contribute to an already overwhelmed healthcare system. Many older adults report ...

The Neural Foundation of Karmic Energy Mirror neurons are one of the most important discoveries in modern neuroscience, first ...

Although the effects of genes and mutations in diseased and normal states can be studied with technologies like single-cell and RNA sequencing, crucial information is missing about the location and ...

New research indicates that children with better rhythmic abilities tend to exhibit a slower, more prolonged rate of brain ...

This bioengineering breakthrough has found a way to make neurons grown in a dish react just like the real thing. "Neurons that fire together, wire together" describes the neural plasticity seen in ...

If the award-winning 1967 movie The Graduate were remade today, the film’s memorable word would need to switch from "plastics" to "plasticity," to mark the present as well as the future.

Neuroscience research on brain plasticity is fueling adoption of audio-based affirmation tools. Innertune, which has reached ...

Our brains do not react in a fixed, mechanical way like electronic circuits. Even if we see the same scene every day on our commute to work, what we feel—and whether it leaves a lasting ...

Last July, I was in a busy Rwandan market and vendors were enthusiastically trying to get my business. I kept telling them that I wasn’t a customer, but I had brought them a dozen American students ...

Breaking free from cigarettes doesn’t require willpower alone. The human brain possesses remarkable plasticity that allows for complete rewiring of smoking associations, transforming a deeply ...