Adolescence is widely thought to be a time when the brain trims away excess neural connections, refining circuits through synaptic pruning. New research now suggests this view may be incomplete.

The hippocampus follows a "tabula plena" model, starting with dense, random connections that are pruned into an efficient ...

Researchers from Kyushu University discovered a previously unrecognized synaptic "hotspot" that forms during adolescence, challenging the long-held view that adolescent brain development was dominated ...

If you scroll through TikTok or Instagram long enough, you’ll inevitably stumble across the line: “Your frontal lobe isn’t fully developed yet.” It’s become neuroscience’s go-to explanation for bad ...

New research and expert perspectives emphasize that everyday interactions—like listening attentively, offering reassurance, and co-regulating emotions—play a pivotal role in shaping children’s brain ...

The human brain undergoes significant development during the final prenatal months and through the first year of life. And while scientists have begun to map the developmental trajectories of this ...

Researchers have developed TD-MCL, a spiking neural network framework inspired by how infant brains grow and prune synapses. The method enables AI to learn new tasks without forgetting old ones while ...

Research led by SUNY Downstate Medical Center has identified a brain receptor that appears to initiate adolescent synaptic pruning, a process believed necessary for learning, but one that appears to ...