Learn the new science of brain development and discover the importance of connections and learning for ongoing brain health.

With a new year, a healthier brain can boost your happiness and career success in 2026, plus offset brain diseases, if you ...

When we learn a new skill, our brain forms new connections between the neurons. The more we do the new skill, the stronger ...

Older adults may find learning new languages challenging, but recent research shows the effort itself provides significant ...

Some people seem to pick up new skills the way a sponge soaks up water, while others grind through repetition with only ...

Human brains can turn a single messy experience into a lasting skill, while even the most advanced artificial intelligence still needs oceans of data and careful supervision to do something similar.

Cognitive decline is natural: it starts to subtly set in by our 40s, and by your mid-50s it’s perfectly normal to find ...

The way the brain develops can shape us throughout our lives, so neuroscientists are intensely curious about how it happens.

Most children in elementary school begin learning about the body and how it works; however, research reveals that parents and teachers tend to leave out information about the brain. In fact, one study ...

It is now understood that the hippocampus is closely linked to learning and memory (Doidge, 2015; Suzuki, 2015). However, this was not always the case. One prominent experiment investigating memory, ...

Experts say the more we challenge our brains as we age, the more resilient it becomes—and “learning a new instrument is a full-brain workout.” After the age of 40, the average brain decreases 5 ...