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This is the phrase that this book tries to explain. And being aware of this plasticity ... I conduct my brain research based on Newton's physics, not quantum physics. There is a leap there ...

In a well-known body of research, Carol Dweck, a psychologist at Stanford University, demonstrated that teaching students how their brains work, focusing in particular on brain plasticity—its ...

A new study reveals that the thalamus, long overshadowed by the cortex and hippocampus, plays a crucial role in shaping and ...

New research from the University of Chicago on the hippocampus, a brain area essential for memory, suggests that this is not the whole story. Other rules of synaptic plasticity appear to have a ...

Brain plasticity — also called neuroplasticity — is an odd term for most people, with the word “plastic” causing images of Tupperware or Saran Wrap to pop into your head. However ...