Genetics and experience are known to mold our cognitive development. Yet, the interactions between genetics and brain mechanisms that support learning and flexible behavior in the adult human brain ...

Replicating brain computing principles remains today an unachievable puzzle, in spite of the recent progresses in our understanding of the various mechanisms at work in the brain machinery. Even if ...

How do we learn something new? How do tasks at a new job, lyrics to the latest hit song or directions to a friend's house become encoded in our brains? The broad answer is that our brains undergo ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. As babies and children grow and learn, their brain increases in size, ...

Learning and memory are two important functions of the brain that are based on the brain's plasticity. Scientists from Goethe University Frankfurt report in the latest issue of the scientific journal ...

Can you recognize an old friend, but forget what you had for breakfast yesterday? Our brains constantly rearrange their circuitry to retain information, but the molecular basis behind this process isn ...

How do we learn something new? How do tasks at a new job, lyrics to the latest hit song or directions to a friend's house become encoded in our brains? The broad answer is that our brains undergo ...

As animals experience new things, the connections between neurons, called synapses, strengthen or weaken in response to events and the activity they cause in the brain. Neuroscientists believe that ...

The perirhinal cortex is present within the medial temporal lobe (Figure 1) and it is considered to play a vital role in recognition memory, and also in perception and object association. Studies have ...

Recently, it was announced that Dr. Michael Merzenich is a recipient of the Merkin Prize, awarded to innovators of breakthroughs that have demonstrably improved human health.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 16, 2023 — Can you recognize someone you haven’t seen in years, but forget what you had for breakfast yesterday? Our brains constantly rearrange their circuitry to remember ...