Examining brain plasticity and its implications for development, aging, and brain injury recovery.

The way we react to things and control our overall mood and behaviors have long been a topic of interest for many psychologists and neurologists. Hundreds have dedicated their lives to gaining more ...

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 ...

For most of the 20th century, the scientific consensus held that the adult brain was essentially fixed, unable to grow new connections or recover lost function after a critical window in childhood.

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.

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 ...

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 ...