Norman Doidge, citing a study by Merzenich and colleagues, found that the brain allocates neurological resources to its most ...

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Nostalgia Meets Neuroscience The popular image of the 1960s and 70s childhood is one of free-range freedom: wood-paneled station wagons, bicycles without helmets, and a general ...

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Researchers found that repeated head impacts can disrupt a key system that helps the brain wash away waste. In professional ...

Ground-breaking research analyzed over 4,000 brain scans to identify five different neuroscience-based life stages.

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The human brain is not a hard-wired machine but a malleable organ that is regularly re-shaping itself. Neuroscientists at the ...

A dopamine hit from a rare loot drop in a video game seems to be the same chemical pathway as winning real money.