A team of researchers has discovered that the developing brain can reorganize its sensory maps when the sense of touch is affected. In a study published today in Nature Communications, the Development ...

Researchers have now uncovered their crucial role in closing the period of brain plasticity that follows birth, finding them to be key to the development of sensory and cognitive faculties. Over the ...

Learning a new task, mastering a musical instrument or being able to adapt to the constantly changing environment are all possible thanks to the brain's plasticity, or its ability to modify itself by ...

Neural plasticity is the ability of the brain to change based on experience, environment, and memory. When a child is ...

A sensory map representing how the brain of a mouse embryo organizes facial sensations before birth. The colors indicate responses to stimuli in different areas of the snout. Aníbal-Martínez, M., et ...