Mora Leeb was 9 months old when surgeons removed half her brain. Now 15, she plays soccer and tells jokes. Scientists say Mora is an extreme example of brain plasticity, the process that allows a ...

Have your ever had a short-term project, say, two weeks in length, that went from feeling impossible to possible in just a few sessions? We all know it takes longer than a couple of weeks to build ...

Neurons that fire together, wire together” is not the full story. A novel mechanism explains how the brain can learn across ...

Does the deaf brain "see" with its ears? New research shows the auditory cortex maps visual space through selective ...

For much of modern history, the brain was seen as largely fixed by the end of childhood. Intelligence, personality, and ability were believed to follow a mostly predetermined biological path.

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X According to Amina Zamani, a trauma-informed coach and neuroplasticity expert who is not ...

About a decade ago, neuroscientists at the University College London published some fascinating research on the brain size and structure of London taxi drivers. In short: the cabbies’ brains were ...

In September last year, we reported Servier had advanced its emerging neurology pipeline into the clinical trials stage by ...

Your brain is constantly changing itself. With each passing moment, your billions of neurons change the number and strength of their trillions of connections. Beyond these fascinating changes, our ...