If you have ever lifted a weight, you know the routine: challenge the muscle, give it rest, feed it and repeat. Over time, it ...

McGill University researchers found training your brain in a specific, targeted, computerized way can produce important biochemical improvements.

Lifelong plasticity is a core principle of neuroscience, yet it operates within real limits shaped by effort, stress and ...

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Brain-training games are all the rage, but whether they prevent cognitive decline has been debatable. Studies in recent years have gone back and forth on the topic, with no definitive conclusion. Many ...

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Johns Hopkins University researchers have grown a novel whole-brain organoid, complete with neural tissues and rudimentary blood vessels—an advance that could usher in a new era of research into ...

In an exciting advance in the world of neuroscience, a team led by researchers at Johns Hopkins University just unveiled some of the first whole-brain organoids – “mini brains” that incorporate ...