The human brain has an enormous capacity for work. Ironically, it is currently impossible for humans to understand the extent of this capacity due to medical science’s limited understanding of how the ...

The brain is made up of distinct regions, each responsible for different functions. Keeping these areas healthy is essential ...

The brain's ability to adapt and form new neural connections allows it to recover from injury and maintain cognitive function into old age. Neuroplasticity is the brain's ability to adapt and ...

Neuroplasticity exercises may help restore certain functions following trauma to the brain. Exercises include learning how to play an instrument, learning a language, making art, or playing video ...

Neuroscientists have made breakthrough discoveries on how neuroplasticity varies in people with chronic pain. These studies shed new light on how the brain processes pain and could lead to better ...

Meditation is a scientific tool that can help manage stress and regulate the brain’s emotional responses, said experts at the ...

Psychedelics—frequently recognized as substances such as LSD, psilocybin, and DMT—not only alter perception, mood, and cognition, but they often cause hallucinations. That said, they have also been ...

Young minds are easily molded. Each new experience rewires a child's brain circuitry, adding and removing synaptic connections between neurons. These wiring patterns become more stable with age, but ...

Associate Breaking News Editor and Co-Host of The Conversation Weekly Podcast The Conversation Weekly podcast is taking a short break in August. For the next few weeks we’re bringing you extended ...

The Central Institute of Psychiatry (CIP) in Kanke, Ranchi, will soon be the country’s first mental health institution with a neuroplasticity lab. The trial run of the lab is underway and it is likely ...