{"id":211870,"date":"2025-04-19T21:12:53","date_gmt":"2025-04-20T02:12:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/how-the-brain-learns-study-reveals-an-unexpected-twist"},"modified":"2025-04-19T21:12:53","modified_gmt":"2025-04-20T02:12:53","slug":"how-the-brain-learns-study-reveals-an-unexpected-twist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/how-the-brain-learns-study-reveals-an-unexpected-twist","title":{"rendered":"How the brain learns: Study reveals an unexpected twist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/how-the-brain-learns-study-reveals-an-unexpected-twist.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Our brain\u2019s ability to absorb fresh information \u2014 whether that means mastering a new task at work, memorizing the refrain of a song, or navigating unfamiliar streets \u2014 depends on a remarkable talent for neural self\u2011reinvention.<\/p>\n<p>Every time we practice something novel, millions of tiny contacts between nerve cells subtly adjust their strength and neurons use multiple mechanisms to store knowledge.<\/p>\n<p>Some connections, called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.earth.com\/news\/electrical-synapses-are-key-to-decision-making-in-animal-brains\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"> synapses<\/a>, amplify their signals to stamp in crucial details; others turn down the volume to clear away noise. Collectively these shifts are known as synaptic plasticity and for decades neuroscientists have cataloged dozens of molecular pathways that can nudge a synapse up or down.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our brain\u2019s ability to absorb fresh information \u2014 whether that means mastering a new task at work, memorizing the refrain of a song, or navigating unfamiliar streets \u2014 depends on a remarkable talent for neural self\u2011reinvention. Every time we practice something novel, millions of tiny contacts between nerve cells subtly adjust their strength and neurons [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1522,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-211870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-innovation","category-neuroscience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=211870"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211870\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}