A large study of brain scans shows that our neural wiring evolves through five major stages from birth to late old age. These ...

When babies are born, their brains contain billions of neurons. But how those neurons interact — and what they can do as babies grow through childhood into adulthood — is largely shaped by their ...

Ground-breaking research analyzed over 4,000 brain scans to identify five different neuroscience-based life stages.

Human brains go through five distinct phases of life, each defined by its own set of characteristics, according to a new ...

In humans, the process of learning is driven by different groups of cells in the brain firing together. For instance, when the neurons associated with the process of recognizing a dog begin to fire in ...

Cambridge neuroscientists discover five distinct stages of brain development from birth to 90, revealing key turning points ...

According to the researchers: Childhood brain topology reaches a turning point at age 9, transitioning to the adolescent ...

Every time you master a new recipe, remember a phone number, or finally figure out how to fold a fitted sheet, your brain is learning. But new research shows that the brain learns in a more complex ...

The last turning point comes around age 83. The data for this final era is more limited, but the defining feature is a shift ...

Our brains have an extraordinary ability to adapt and learn, a process known as neuroplasticity. From navigating a new city to mastering a new skill, neuroplasticity allows us to reshape our neural ...