Morning Overview

Neuroscience

A large review argues mental decline isn’t inevitable and the brain can still gain at any age.

A systematic review of learning across the adult lifespan, published in Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, concludes that the human brain retains the capacity to acquire new skills and strengthen cognitive function well past middle age. The finding arrives alongside a separate meta-analysis of neuroimaging data showing that cognitive training produces measurable changes in brain activation […]