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Reading the same books, playing the same games, asking the same questions. Kids fascination with repetition can be exhausting for parents, but researchers say its key to brain development.

More midlifers are discovering yoga's benefits, but can this ancient discipline help us to live longer and healthier lives? (Spoiler: Yes)

How blindness changes how you process the sound of movement

MIT Professor Elly Nedivi has been honored with the Krieg Cortical Kudos Discoverer Award for her ongoing work to understand molecular and cellular mechanisms that enable the brain to adapt to experience.

Lifestyle-related dementia risks are complex, with factors like sleep, exercise, diet and social contact interacting with things like cognitive reserve, neuroplasticity and inflammation in the body.

SSRIs take time to show effects. New research links delayed mental health benefits with increased brain plasticity due to SSRI usage.

MIT neuroscientist Mark Bear’s research focuses on brain plasticity, with particular attention to the synapses that connect neurons in the brain.

In this Ask a Professor, discover how the brain heals itself and how one professor's new therapy can be a gamechanger for patients with MS.

If you feel like time flies by as you get older, you're not alone. It's common to experience this as adults have more routines and fewer new experiences.

Driven to Distraction authors Hallowell and Ratey on fMRI testing, brain plasticity research, and understanding ADHD today.