An unprecedented increase in the number of older adults and consequent age-related cognitive declines may negatively contribute to an already overwhelmed healthcare system. Many older adults report ...

What does 'neuroplasticity' mean?

Cognitive ageing is characterised by gradual changes in memory, executive function and processing speed that vary markedly across individuals. Underlying these changes are structural alterations such ...

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.

For decades, brain aging sounded like a one-way street: neurons slow down, memory slips, and the best anyone could hope for was to delay the decline. A wave of new research is challenging that ...

Plastic and thus modifiable neurons lose their function at old age, new research in fruit flies reveals. “Our results – together with data from the mammalian brain uncovered by other research groups – ...

“Neuroplasticity is the brain’s ability to adapt, change, and reorganize itself throughout life,” explains Dr. Amaya Manrique of The Beauty Concept in Madrid. “Our neurons can form new connections, ...

An overwhelming amount of new research on Alzheimer’s and dementia risk reduction provides conclusive evidence that a strong connection exists between lifestyle choices, neuroplasticity, and cognitive ...