The reason for this cerebral shift is neuroplasticity – or the brain’s ability to change and restructure itself. Every time the brain processes new information, neurons fire, new pathways form, and ...

A recent study (Brüchle et al., 2021) from Ruhr-Universität Bochum's Clinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy in Germany shows that a three-week physical activity intervention supports the remission of ...

Linda Overstreet-Wadiche, Ph.D., a professor in the University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Neurobiology, says studies show that exercise can significantly improve many aspects of brain ...

To boost your brain, you also need to boost your body. As I explained in my previous article, for optimal brain power you need to increase your brain’s neuroplasticity–your brain’s ability to grow and ...

Brain exercises may help boost and maintain brain function. Memory games, learning new skills, crosswords, and even video games may help. Certain activities may help boost brain function and ...

For most of the 20th century, the scientific consensus held that the adult brain was essentially fixed, unable to grow new ...

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 ...

The brain's ability to adapt and form new neural connections allows it to recover from injury and maintain cognitive function into old age. Neuroplasticity is the brain's ability to adapt and ...