Learning During Development is Regulated by an Unexpected Brain Region
Researchers report the thalamus plays a critical role in regulating how the brain learns to integrate binocular input during development. ... Read More...
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Human Minibrains Reveal Effects of Psychedelic Substance
A new study reveals psychedelic substances may have a neuroprotective role when it comes to inflammation. Researchers also report psychedelics can alter signaling pathways associated with neuroplasticity.... Read More...
Less Stress, More Social Competence
Mindfulness and meditation can affect brain plasticity, resulting in the ability for adults to acquire new social skills, researchers report.... Read More...
Study Pokes Holes in Fetal Alcohol Hypothesis
A new study challenges conventional beliefs about fetal alcohol spectrum disorders. Researchers discovered no differences in microglia activity in the brains of health mice and those exposed to alcohol during early development. The study brings into question the whether the brain's immune system cells are to blame for the neurological damage that occurs as a result of fetal alcohol exposure.... Read More...
Mental Training Changes Brain Structure and Reduces Social Stress
Using three different training models, researchers report mental training, mindfulness and meditation can induce structural brain plasticity and reduce social stress. ... Read More...
When Neurogenesis Goes Wrong
Researchers discover post stroke neurogenesis in the hippocampus is linked to worse performance in hippocampal memory tasks.... Read More...
Brains Are More Plastic Than We Thought
A new Neuron study reports practice can alter how the brain utilizes sensory information and, depending on how the training is performed, the middle temporal area can be critical for visual perception. ... Read More...
Controlling a Single Brain Chemical May Help Expand Window for Learning Language and Music
Using mouse models, researchers restricted a key chemical messenger to extend efficient auditory learning until much later in life. Disrupting adenosine signaling in the auditory thalamus allowed researchers to extend the window for auditory learning well into adulthood and far beyond the current critical period. ... Read More...
Can A Single Exercise Session Benefit Your Brain?
Summary: Researchers document not only the behavioral and cognitive effects of a single exercise session, but also the neurochemical and neurophysiological chan... Read More...
Vision Keeps Maturing Until Mid Life
The visual cortex continues to develop into our 40s, a new study reports.... Read More...
Brain Sets Unique Learning Rate for Everything We Do By Self Adjusting to the Environment
Using a synaptic mechanism called metaplasticity, the brain can self adjust learning rates, researchers report.... Read More...
Human Brain Networks Developing in Adolescence Related to Evolutionary Expansion
According to a new study, adolescence may be a crucial period for remodeling of the human brain.... Read More...