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Cerebrovascular accidents, or strokes, are the most common cause of aphasia, a speech disorder of cerebral origin. People with aphasia have a reduced ability to understand or produce speech or written ...

For much of modern history, the brain was seen as largely fixed by the end of childhood. Intelligence, personality, and ability were believed to follow a mostly predetermined biological path.

About a decade ago, neuroscientists at the University College London published some fascinating research on the brain size and structure of London taxi drivers. In short: the cabbies’ brains were ...

Neuroplasticity, or brain plasticity, can be defined as the ability of the nervous system to alter its activity in response to a stimulus by reorganizing its structure, function, and neuronal ...

When we think of managing our mental health, visions of processing things on our therapist's couch may come to mind. And while talk therapy certainly has a foothold in the mental health space, it's ...

When we’re young, our brains retain neuroplasticity as they grow and adapt, a useful attribute that slowly degrades as we age. A new study conducted on mice shows evidence that gut health could play a ...

The human brain generates up to 700 new neurons per day in the hippocampus alone, which raises the question: Can this capacity be intentionally enhanced? Neuroplasticity is no longer just a recovery ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: When we’re young, our brains retain neuroplasticity as they grow and adapt, a useful attribute that slowly degrades as we age. A new study conducted ...