Some of the most unsettling and exciting discoveries in modern neuroscience point to a single, uncomfortable truth: your brain is far less fixed than you think, and that means your excuses are shakier than you might like. Neuroplasticity – the brain’s ability to rewire itself throughout life – has moved from fringe idea to central ...
For decades, many people quietly accepted a bleak idea: that the brain peaks in youth and then slides steadily downhill, like an old radio losing its signal. Now, a wave of research is taking a hammer to that myth, replacing it with something far more hopeful and far more interesting. Scientists are finding that ...
Walk into any gym, wedding, or late-night diner and you can feel it before you think it: music quietly taking the wheel of your brain. A song you have not heard in years can yank you back to a teenage bedroom, a hospital waiting room, or a first kiss with unnerving precision. For decades, ...
