Brain plasticity — also called neuroplasticity — is an odd term for most people, with the word “plastic” causing images of Tupperware or Saran Wrap to pop into your head. However, brain plasticity is ...

Neuroplasticity. The word has become a buzzword in the field of neuroscience. Neuroplasticity refers to the moldability and changeability of the brain. Decades ago, scientists thought that the adult ...

A new study shows that the widely used antidepressant fluoxetine does more than boost serotonin levels: it changes how brain ...

The research on learning and memory shows that learning is possible and memory can be enhanced across the lifespan, unless the brain is compromised by disease or injury, and even then there is more ...

Stretching your ability to focus is good for the brain. Paying close attention like that encourages the brain to pump more acetylcholine (a brain chemical important for learning, attention, and memory ...

Scientists from the Nencki Institute and the Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience have revealed a key mechanism in how our brains change when we learn new information or form memories. A new ...

Adaptive radiations are often stereotypical, as populations repeatedly specialize along conserved environmental axes. Phenotypic plasticity may be similarly stereotypical, as individuals respond to ...

The relative role of genetic adaptation and phenotypic plasticity is of fundamental importance in evolutionary ecology [M. J. West-Eberhard, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 102 (suppl. 1), 6543–6549 ...

Cheek, Rebecca G., Hays, Sarah C., Mouton, James C., Sillett, T. Scott, and Ghalambor, Cameron K. 2021. [Dataset] Lack of avian predators is associated with ...