(THE CONVERSATION) Every day, people are constantly learning and forming new memories. When you pick up a new hobby, try a recipe a friend recommended or read the latest world news, your brain stores ...

Orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) in green. Source: Paul Wicks/Wickemedia Commons In a groundbreaking discovery, neurocientists at the University of California, Berkeley, have captured brain images of active ...

The human brain is not a passive recorder of events, it is an active simulator that constantly rehearses futures, rewrites pasts and learns from scenes that never actually unfolded. When I look at the ...

How do we learn new things? Neurobiologists using cutting-edge visualization techniques have revealed how changes across our synapses and neurons unfold. The findings depict how information is ...

So you are about to read this article. What unseen assumptions will shape the way you read these words? Let’s find out how your perspective will shift if you examine your assumptions. How Your Brain ...

Your brain is constantly evolving. Throughout your life, it reshapes, adjusts, and grows stronger in response to learning, new experiences, and your habits. This amazing shape-shifting ability is ...

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