These days, many parents panic about whether or not they are doing everything possible to insure that their child will realize their intellectual potential. After all, everyone “knows” that a baby’s ...

These days, many parents panic about whether or not they are doing everything possible to insure that their child will realize their intellectual potential. After all, everyone “knows” that a baby’s ...

Parents don't need a neuroscientist to tell them that infant brains are like little sponges, voraciously absorbing information from the surrounding environment. From birth to age 3, a child learns to ...

A new study on infantile memory formation in rats points to the importance of critical periods in early-life learning on functional development of the brain. The research, conducted by scientists at ...

A group of Johns Hopkins neuroscientists have found that the psychoactive drug MDMA, or ecstasy, causes a neural response called a "critical period," when the brain is sensitive to learning the reward ...

Neuroscientists have long searched for ways to reopen “critical periods” in the brain, when mammals are more sensitive to signals from their surroundings that can influence periods of brain ...

Neuroscientists have long searched for ways to reopen "critical periods" in the brain, when mammals are more sensitive to signals from their surroundings that can influence periods of brain ...

People who experience trauma often turn to therapy for help in adulthood, but stubborn conditions like PTSD can be hard to treat. The adult brain, unfortunately, is not as open to change as it is ...

Neuroscientists have found that the psychedelic drug MDMA reopens a kind of window, called a 'critical period,' when the brain is sensitive to learning the reward value of social behaviors. The ...

Psychedelic drugs reopen critical windows of brain development and learning in adult mice. During these “critical periods”, the brain is highly plastic and capable of learning specific skills such as ...